Support brave women journalists and human rights defenders working in conflict zones by funding the RAW in WAR Anna Politkovskaya Award 2019! Gauri Lankesh has been honoured posthumously with the Anna Politkovskaya Award.
She was shot dead on September 5 2017. She was a journalist and social activist. Behrouz Boochani wins Anna Politkovskaya award for Manus Island writing. Remembering the fearless Indian journalist and 2017 # AnnaPolitkovskayaAward winner, Gauri Lankesh, who was killed in Bangalore, India in September 2017, to silence her voice. The 2018 Anna Politkovskaya Award winner, Binalakshmi Nepram, is another threatened Indian activist and campaigner, who suffered death threats and as a result of which Binalakshmi had to go into exile to save her life. Since May 2019, Gulalai Ismail, a courageous Pakistani women’s rights defender and a 2017 Anna Politkovskaya Award winner, has been forced into hiding. Gauri Lankesh & Gulalai Ismail Win 2017 RAW in War Anna Politkovskaya Award for Women HRDs. Iranian Kurdish refugee recognised for his work documenting Australia’s offshore detention Published: 5 Oct 2018 . Rights Activist Binalakshmi Nepram Wins Anna Politkovskaya Award Reach All Women in War (RAW in WAR) has decided to honour Binalakshmi Nepram and Svetlana Alexievich with the prestigious 2018 Anna Politkovskaya Award for their bravery in speaking out against injustice, violence and extremism, especially for their role in their respective conflict-ridden and yet ‘forgotten’ domicile … RAW in WAR calls on the govt of India to investigate Gauri Lankesh's murder fully … Gauri Lankesh Posthumously Honoured With Anna Politkovskaya Award “This award is a morale booster for people who want to write, and fight,” Gauri Lankesh’s sister Kavitha has said. On 5 October RAW in WAR honours the Anna Politkovskaya Award winners Svetlana Alexievich (2015 Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature from Belarus) and Binalakshmi Nepram (a writer and women’s rights activist from Manipur in India) during a live …