Sluggish Journalism/Options unit wins for story revealing brutality in opposition to civilians in Belarus.
Towards steep competitors, Al Jazeera Digital’s Sluggish Journalism/Options unit has gained a prestigious Amnesty Media Award recognising excellent human rights journalism.
The profitable piece, conferred within the Options class for Walking Reminders of Atrocities, reveals harrowing accounts of state brutality in opposition to civilians in Belarus following the controversial 2020 elections.
Winners had been introduced on April 26 on the Amnesty Media Awards’ annual ceremony, in London, with BBC Information Presenter Maryam Moshiri internet hosting the occasion.
Al Jazeera outshone different famend media retailers similar to BBC 100 Ladies, The Guardian, and The Sunday Occasions Journal to clinch the highest spot within the Options class.
To supply the long-read, journalists Olga Loginova and Ottavia Spaggiari, spent lengthy hours with the themes of the Function, documenting the abuses and exposing persevering with human rights violations in Belarus and the dangers going through those that dare to talk out in opposition to the regime.
“I’m happy with our journalists, whose brave reporting caught the eye of Amnesty judges,” mentioned Soraya Salam, supervisor of Al Jazeera English On-line. “They made it a precedence to raise the weak voices of those that suffered by the hands of presidency forces. This award comes as our newsroom doubles down on unique, in-depth protection of underreported tales.”
The Amnesty Media Awards rejoice one of the best human rights journalism printed and broadcast over the earlier yr throughout 11 classes, together with investigations, broadcast information, options, photojournalism, scholar media, radio and podcasts, and greatest use of digital media.
Winners in different classes included ITV Information, BBC On-line, The Sunday Occasions Journal and BBC Eye Publications.
