Winners

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Outstanding Contribution to Peace

Nidžara Ahmetašević

(Bosnia and Herzegovina)

“Real-life Heroines”

First Prize

winning article

Outstanding Contribution to Peace

Evelyn Schalk

(Austria)

“Night Falls on Austria for Afghan Astronomer. Chronology of a Broken Promise”

Third Prize

winning article

Outstanding Contribution to Peace

Safina Nabi

(India)

“How Kashmir’s Half-Widows Are Denied Their Basic Property Rights”

Second Prize

winning article

Contribution to Civil Rights

Daneel Knoetze

(South Africa)

“Series: Above the Law”

Second Prize

winning article

Contribution to Civil Rights

Lighthouse Reports

(Netherlands/ Germany)

“Europe's Violent Shadow Army Unmasked”

First Prize

winning article

Contribution to Civil Rights

Peter Guest

(United Kingdom)

“Series: In the Dark — Seven years, 60 countries, 935 internet shutdowns: How authoritarian regimes found an off switch for dissent; Exposed documents reveal how the powerful clean up their digital past using a reputation laundering firm; “It’s like being under siege”: How DDoS became a censorship tool”

Third Prize

winning article

Outstanding Investigative Reporting

Isabella Cota, Adam Williams

(Mexico/ USA)

“Series: The Unknown Winners of Mexico’s Energy Reform”

Third Prize

winning article

Outstanding Investigative Reporting

Florian Guckelsberger, Manuel Daubenberger

(Germany)

“The Business with Bloody Cotton”

Second Prize

winning article

Outstanding Investigative Reporting

Kennia Velazquez, Elizabeth Rosales, Juan José López Plascencia, Nicolás Temachtiani Aranda Alvares, Miguel Angel Cabrera Cervantes, Emilio Jiménez Velázquez

(Mexico)

“Coca Cola’s Tokens. Tactics to Influence Public Health Policies”

First Prize

winning article

Excellence in Environmental Journalism

Lois Parshley

(USA)

“Cold War, Hot Mess”

Second Prize

winning article

Excellence in Environmental Journalism

Ruth Maclean, Caleb Kabanda

(Senegal/DRC)

“What Do the Protectors of Congo’s Peatlands Get in Return?”

First Prize

winning article

Excellence in Environmental Journalism

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar

(India)

“Climate Change Is Stretching Mumbai to Its Limit”

Third Prize

winning article

Shortlist

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Outstanding Contribution to Peace

Ahmed Eid Ashowr, Sameh Ellaboody, Maher Salem Arhoumah

(Egypt)

Greek Captagon Bust Leads to a Criminal Gang and the Port at the Heart of Syria’s Booming New Drug Trade

Alfred Olufemi

(Nigeria)

Horrors on the Plateau: Inside Nigeria’s Farmer-Herder Conflict

Auqib Javeed

(India)

As Courts Grant Bail, J&K Govt Uses 43-Year-Old Preventive Detention Law to Keep Hundreds in Jail

Evelyn Schalk

(Austria)

Night Falls on Austria for Afghan Astronomer. Chronology of a Broken Promise

Jack Losh

(United Kingdom)

The School

Nidžara Ahmetašević

(Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Real-life Heroines

Qazi Shibli

(India)

How Retribution Increases Trauma of Families of Kashmiri Militants, Boosts Alienation

Safina Nabi

(India)

How Kashmir’s Half-Widows Are Denied Their Basic Property Rights

Sanskrita Bharadwaj

(India)

Assam's Hasina Bhanu Won A 20-Year Legal Battle To Prove She Was Indian. It Came At A Cost

Contribution to Civil Rights

Daneel Knoetze

(South Africa)

Series: Above the Law

Elena Ledda

(Spain)

In Barcelona, A Group of Roma People Is Fighting Against Poor Representation in Universities

Fabiola Torres, Rosa Laura, Rocío Romero, Lucero Ascarza, Melina Ccoillo, Juan Francisco Ugarte, Stefanie Pareja, Iván Herrera, Omar Lucas, Liz Tasa, Jason Martinez, José Luis Huacles

(Peru)

Series: It Was Their Turn, It Could've Been You; The Officers Who Gave the Order; In the Name of the Brother; 14N: The Endless Night

Kareem Chehayeb, Karim Merhej, Christina Cavalcanti

(Lebanon)

"And What Would You Like Me to Do About It?”: How the Lebanese Government Disabled Hundreds of People — and Then Left Them to Pay for Its Crime

Lighthouse Reports

(Netherlands/ Germany)

Europe's Violent Shadow Army Unmasked

Maria Delaney, Michelle Hennessy, Cormac Fitzgerald

(Ireland)

Tough Start Series

Olga Loginova, Ottavia Spaggiari

(USA/Italy)

Walking Reminders of Atrocities.' Survivors of State Brutality in Belarus Share Their Stories

Peter Guest

(United Kingdom)

Series: In the Dark — Seven years, 60 countries, 935 internet shutdowns: How authoritarian regimes found an off switch for dissent; Exposed documents reveal how the powerful clean up their digital past using a reputation laundering firm; “It’s like being under siege”: How DDoS became a censorship tool

Salah Laban, Ahmed Saied Hassanein

(Egypt)

When Suffering Has a Child's Face: Unaccompanied Minor Refugees Slipping Through the Cracks

Steve Boggan

(United Kingdom)

Slave Trade: On the Front Line

Taras Zozulinskyy

(Ukraine)

Concentration Camp of Bakhmut Detention Center and Hell of Sinelnykove Zone

Outstanding Investigative Reporting

Asaad Al-Zalzalee

(Iraq)

Christian Real Estate in Iraq... Organized Appropriation by Forgery and Force of Arms

Fabio Teixeira, Emily Costa

(Brazil)

Welcome to Brazil? Venezuelan Workers Exploited Under Aid Program

Florian Guckelsberger, Manuel Daubenberger

(Germany)

The Business with Bloody Cotton

Isabella Cota, Adam Williams

(Mexico/ USA)

Series: The Unknown Winners of Mexico’s Energy Reform

Juan Pablo Barrientos, Luis Bonza Ramírez, Angélica Penagos, Camila Santafé Pérez, Jose Alejandro Castaño Hoyos, Iván Ruiz, Jhasua Razo

(Colombia)

The List That the Church of Medellín Kept Hidden: The Priests Denounced for Pederasty and Sexual Abuse

Kennia Velazquez, Elizabeth Rosales, Juan José López Plascencia, Nicolás Temachtiani Aranda Alvares, Miguel Angel Cabrera Cervantes, Emilio Jiménez Velázquez

(Mexico)

Coca Cola’s Tokens. Tactics to Influence Public Health Policies

Kumar Sambhav, Nayantara Ranganathan, Shreegireesh Jalihal

(India)

Series on BJP's Campaigns on Facebook

Excellence in Environmental Journalism

Alexa E. Vélez Zuazo, Pilar Puentes Espinosa; María Isabel Torres; Antonio Paz, Vanessa Romo, Gabriela Quevedo, Yvette Sierra, Gloria Alvitres, Enrique Vera; Cristina Fernández, Dalia Medina, Richard Romero, Catalina Sanabria, Diego Cazar Baquero, Ana Cristina Alvarado, David Tarazona, Andrea Rincón, Angie Garay, Valeria Báez, Nicolás Sánchez, Nelfi Fernández Reyes, Iván Paredes, Juan Julca, Rocío Arias, Daniel Gómez, Carlos Mazabanda, Eduardo Mota García, Christian Ugarte

(Peru/ Colombia)

Stained by Oil (Series)

Colin Daileda

(India)

Storm Catchers

Eman Mounir

(Egypt)

Series: Ghost Towns in Egypt: Fish Farmers Leave Their Homes After Climate and Pollution Impacts; A Handful of Factories Polluted This Egyptian Town with Toxic Chemicals

Ini Ekott

(Nigeria)

Inside Nigeria’s Shocking Wildlife Crimes and How Culprits Escape Justice

Jill Langlois

(Brazil)

For the Kayapó, a Long Battle to Save Their Amazon Homeland

Joana Moncau, Elpida Nikou, Beka Munduruku, Rilcelia Munduruku, Aldira Munduruku

(Brazil/ Greece)

To Fight Invaders, Munduruku Women Wield Drone Cameras and Cellphones

John Cannon

(USA)

The Congo Basin Peatlands

Lois Parshley

(USA)

Cold War, Hot Mess

Ruth Maclean, Caleb Kabanda

(Senegal/DRC)

What Do the Protectors of Congo’s Peatlands Get in Return?

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar

(India)

Climate Change Is Stretching Mumbai to Its Limit

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