Malini Subramaniam wins 2016 CPJ International Press Freedom Award

• Indian journalist Malini Subramaniam on won the International Press Freedom Awards given by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), on November 23, 2016, at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.
• Along with Subramaniam, three other journalists won the prestigious award.  They are Mahmoud Abou Zeid from Egypt, Can Dundar from Turkey and Oscar Martinez from El Salvador.
• The CPJ chose these four journalists as “they have risked their freedom – and their lives – to report to their societies and the global community about critical news events.”
• Subramaniam reports on buses by police and security forces, sexual violence against women, the jailing of minors, shutdown of schools, extrajudicial killings, and threats against journalists in the Bastar region in Chhattisgarh.

About International Press Freedom Award

• The CPJ International Press Freedom Awards honours journalists/publications around the world who show courage in defending press freedom despite facing attacks, threats or imprisonment.
• They are administered by the Committee to Protect Journalists, which an independent, non-governmental organization based in New York City.
• The CPJ seeks to focus local and international media coverage on countries where violations of press freedom are particularly serious.