Grigory Pasko, of the Russian ecology magazine Ekologiya i pravo and former correspondent of the military paper Boevaya Vakhta, who was sentenced to four years in prison in 2001 for reporting that the Russian navy had dumped liquid radioactive waste in the Sea of Japan (Russia);
Myroslava Gongadze, a journalist for Radio Free Europe, who is fighting for identification and punishment of those who murdered her husband, Georgy Gongadze, editor of the online paper http://www.pravda.com.ua in September 2000. She is pushing for establishment of international legal machinery to boost the safety of journalists and press freedom in Eastern Europe (Ukraine).
By rewarding one of these journalists, who symbolise press freedom in their countries, Reporters Without Borders and the Fondation de France are sending a message to the public that they need to take a stand in favour of press freedom.
Myroslava Gongadze, a journalist for Radio Free Europe, who is fighting for identification and punishment of those who murdered her husband, Georgy Gongadze, editor of the online paper http://www.pravda.com.ua in September 2000. She is pushing for establishment of international legal machinery to boost the safety of journalists and press freedom in Eastern Europe (Ukraine).
By rewarding one of these journalists, who symbolise press freedom in their countries, Reporters Without Borders and the Fondation de France are sending a message to the public that they need to take a stand in favour of press freedom.