Fetisov Journalism Awards 2024
Shortlist
Category: Contribution to Civil Rights
Gabriela Ramirez, Tina Xu
(Germany)
Widowed by Europe's Borders
Unbias The News/ LRT
December 8th, 2023
The original publication is available via the following link:
https://unbiasthenews.org/widowed-by-europes-borders-graves/
“No water, I think I’ll die, I love you.” This is the last text Sanooja received from her husband, who disappeared after a pushback into the dense forest that stretches between Belarus, Lithuania, and Poland. For families searching for missing loved ones, the EU inflicts a second death of identity and acknowledgment. Read more