International Press Institute World Press Freedom Heroes

International Press Institute World Press Freedom Heroes are individuals who have been recognized by the Vienna-based International Press Institute for "significant contributions to the maintenance of press freedom and freedom of expression" and "indomitable courage".^[1] The first 50 "heroes" were selected on the occasion of the organization's 50th anniversary in 2000, and awarded at its World Congress in Boston.^[2] As of 2021, 22 additional heroes have been added to the list, several of them posthumously.^[3]

Recipients

Year	Honorees	Country
2000	Aslam Ali	Pakistan
	Rudolf Augstein	Germany
	Omar Belhouchet	Algeria
	Kenneth Best	Liberia
	Hubert Beuve-Méry	France
	Jesús Blancornelas	Mexico
	Grémah Boukar Koura	Niger
	Jose Burgos Jr.	Philippines
	Guillermo Cano	Colombia
	Juan Pablo Cárdenas	Chile
	Pedro Joaquín Chamorro	Nicaragua
	Suk-Chae Choi [ko]	South Korea
	Julio De Mesquita Neto [pt]	Brazil
	Jiří Dienstbier	Czech Republic
	Harold Evans	United Kingdom
	Antonio Fontán	Spain
	Gao Yu	China
	Katharine Graham	United States
	Veronica Guerin	Ireland
	Shiro Hara	Japan
	Amira Hass	Israel
	Tara Singh Hayer	Canada
	Doan Viet Hoat	Vietnam
	Abdi İpekçi	Turkey
	Kemal Kurspahić	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Daoud Kuttab	Palestine
	Gwen Lister	Namibia
	Mochtar Lubis	Indonesia
	Kronid Lyubarsky	Russia
	Savea Sano Malifa	Samoa
	Veran Matić	Serbia
	Adam Michnik	Poland
	Fred M'membe	Zambia
	Indro Montanelli	Italy
	Nizar Nayyouf	Syria
	Freedom Neruda	Ivory Coast
	Pius Njawé	Cameroon
	Germán Ornes	Dominican Republic
	Percy Qoboza	South Africa
	Raúl Rivero	Cuba
	Nuno Rocha	Portugal
	Faraj Sarkohi	Iran
	Arun Shourie	India
	André Sibomana	Rwanda
	U Thaung	Myanmar
	Jacobo Timerman	Argentina
	Ricardo Uceda	Peru
	Eleni Vlahou	Greece
	C.E.L. Wickremesinghe	Sri Lanka
	José Rubén Zamora	Guatemala
2006	Anna Politkovskaya	Russia
2007	Hrant Dink	Turkey
2010	Lydia Cacho Ribeiro	Mexico
	May Chidiac	Lebanon
	Akbar Ganji	Iran
	Yoani Sánchez	Cuba
	Pap Saine	The Gambia
	Nedim Şener	Turkey
	Lasantha Wickrematunge	Sri Lanka
	Laurence Gandar	South Africa
2011	Raymond Louw	South Africa
	Daniel Pearl	United States
2012	David Rohde	United States
2013	Marie Colvin	United States
	Mika Yamamoto	Japan
2014	Mashallah Shamsolvaezin	Iran
2015	Mazen Darwish	Syria
2016	Ahmad Zeidabadi	Iran
2017	Eskinder Nega	Ethiopia
2019	Cyril Almeida	Pakistan[4]
2021	Yuliya Slutskaya [be]	Belarus[3]

References

1. Robert Louw (2000). "Choosing Heroes is a Difficult Task". IPI Report, No. 2. International Press Institute. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
2. "World Press Freedom Heroes". International Press Institute. 2000. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
3. Report, Star Digital (2021-09-07). "Belarus's Yuliya Slutskaya named World Press Freedom Hero". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
4. Al Jazeera 25 April 2019