Three Jailed Iranian Female Journalists Win United Nations Prize
2023-05-04
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1The United Nations announced on Tuesday that its prize for press freedom has been awarded to three imprisoned Iranian female journalists "for their commitment to truth and accountability."
2The winners are Niloufar Hamedi, Elaheh Mohammadi and Narges Mohammadi.
3Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi covered the story of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died while being held by Iran's morality police last September.
4She had been accused of wearing her head covering too loosely.
5Hamedi broke the news of Amini's death and Elaheh Mohammadi wrote about her funeral.
6Both women were arrested for their reporting work.
7The news of Amini's death led to months of protests in many cities across Iran.
8One of the media professionals who chose the winners, Zainab Salbi, said the brave work of the winners "led to a historical women-led revolution."
9The third prize winner, Narges Mohammadi, has worked for many years as a journalist and is one of Iran's most well-known activists.
10She has won numerous international awards for her activism against the death penalty in Iran.
11She has been repeatedly detained and imprisoned for her work.
12The UN's cultural organization, UNESCO, says Mohammadi is currently serving a 16-year prison term in Iran's Evin Prison.
13Audrey Azoulay is the director-general of UNESCO.
14At an award ceremony in New York on Tuesday, Azoulay said: "Now more than ever, it is important to pay tribute to all women journalists who are prevented from doing their jobs and who face threats and attacks on their personal safety."
15The prize is officially known as the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
16It is named for Guillermo Cano, a Colombian journalist who was killed in front of his newspaper's office in 1986.
17The prize is given each year on May 3, World Press Freedom Day.
18I'm Dan Friedell.
1The United Nations announced on Tuesday that its prize for press freedom has been awarded to three imprisoned Iranian female journalists "for their commitment to truth and accountability." 2The winners are Niloufar Hamedi, Elaheh Mohammadi and Narges Mohammadi. 3Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi covered the story of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died while being held by Iran's morality police last September. She had been accused of wearing her head covering too loosely. 4Hamedi broke the news of Amini's death and Elaheh Mohammadi wrote about her funeral. Both women were arrested for their reporting work. 5The news of Amini's death led to months of protests in many cities across Iran. One of the media professionals who chose the winners, Zainab Salbi, said the brave work of the winners "led to a historical women-led revolution." 6The third prize winner, Narges Mohammadi, has worked for many years as a journalist and is one of Iran's most well-known activists. She has won numerous international awards for her activism against the death penalty in Iran. She has been repeatedly detained and imprisoned for her work. The UN's cultural organization, UNESCO, says Mohammadi is currently serving a 16-year prison term in Iran's Evin Prison. 7Audrey Azoulay is the director-general of UNESCO. At an award ceremony in New York on Tuesday, Azoulay said: "Now more than ever, it is important to pay tribute to all women journalists who are prevented from doing their jobs and who face threats and attacks on their personal safety." 8The prize is officially known as the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. It is named for Guillermo Cano, a Colombian journalist who was killed in front of his newspaper's office in 1986. 9The prize is given each year on May 3, World Press Freedom Day. 10I'm Dan Friedell. 11Dan Friedell adapted this story for Learning English based on a report by the Associated Press. 12__________________________________________________________________ 13Words in This Story 14journalist -n. a person who works to collect and write, tell and edit stories for newspapers, magazines, television or radio 15commitment -n. a promise to do something or the feeling of someone who works very hard to do something 16funeral -n. the ceremony held for person who has died 17tribute -n. an honor or appreciation 18__________________________________________________________________ 19We want to hear from you. How do you feel about press freedoms where you live? 20Here is how our comment system works: 21Each time you return to comment on the Learning English site, you can use your account and see your comments and replies to them. Our comment policy is here.