TNPSC Thervupettagam

Anna Politkovskaya Award

October 11 , 2018 2242 days 1065 0
  • Binalakshmi Nepram has won Reach All Women in WAR (RAW in WAR) Anna Politkovskaya Award.
  • Binalakshmi is a rights activist supporting women survivors of violence in northeast India.
  • Binlakashmi shares the award with Svetlana Alexievich - an investigative journalist and writer from Belarus.
  • The award recognised the women's bravery in speaking out and defying "injustice, violence and extremism.
  • The award marks the 12th anniversary of the killing of Politkovskaya, a Russian investigative reporter who uncovered state corruption and rights abuses, especially in Chechnya.

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