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Press Freedom Prize Goes to Burmese Journalists

2000-11-28. Two Burmese editors have been awarded the 2001 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers. San San Nweh and U Win Tin both serve long prison sentences for advocating freedom of expression and democracy.

Press Freedom Prize Goes To Syrian Journalist

1999-11-23. Nizar Nayouf, the Syrian press freedom and democracy advocate, has been awarded the 2000 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers. Mr. Nayouf has been imprisoned in Syria since 1992.

Press Freedom Prize Goes To Iranian Journalist

1998-12-21. Exiled Iranian editor and writer Faraj Sarkoohi, who has been persecuted by the regimes of both the Shah and the Islamic Republic, has been awarded the 1999 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN).

Imprisoned editor Doan VIet Hoat wins WAN’s 1998 Golden Pen of Freedom award

1998-06-01. Doan Viet Hoat, an imprisoned Vietnamese editor, has been awarded the 1998 Golden Pen of Freedom, the World Association of Newspapers’ annual prize for outstanding contributions to the cause of press freedom.