Reporters Without Border (RSF) Austria awarded bianet with its Press Freedom Awards – A Signal for Europe. RSF Austria President Dr. Moehring said they have decided to give out this year’s award to bianet in order to emphasize on the jailed journalists in Turkey.
The award was presented to Nadire Mater, bianet’s project advisor, around a ceremony held in RSF Austria Headquarters, Vienna.
Given to reporters, journalists and publicists in southeast Europe and the neighboring states of the European Union since 2001, the prize is offered to critical, informative and investigative publications that cover: politics, press freedom, human rights, corruption, societal issues or related topics.
"bianet gave voice to jailed journalists"
RSF Austria President Dr. Moehring said they have decided to give out this year’s award to bianet in order to emphasize on the jailed journalists in Turkey.
"bianet’s approach on socio-political matters is very impressive with its bold, consistent and critical attitude. bianet has been selected for this award for its in-depth analyses on Turkey’s women, and democracy, as well as for creating opportunity for jailed journalists to express themselves. bianet has given voice to jailed journalists like Füsun Erdoğan and showed that they weren’t abandoned."
The previous recipients of RSF Austria Press Freedom Awards – A Signal for Europe were as follows:
* 2002: Petr Uhl (Czech Republic), Agnes Karácsony (Hungary) and Jerzy Káliná (Poland)
* 2003: Zeljko Peratovic (Crotia), Milorad Vesic and Jelena Bjelica (Yugoslavia)
* 2004: Alina Anghel (Moldova), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine) and Anca Paduraru (Romania)
* 2005: Demet Bilge Ergün (Turkey), Makarios Drousiotis (South Cyprus) and Sevgül Uludağ (North Cyprus)
* 2006: Svetlana Lukic, Svetlana Vukovic (Serbia) and Migjen Kelmendi (Kosovo)
* 2008: Kristina Koleva-Tuncheva, Svetlana Ivanova Batalova (Bulgaria) and Ovidiu Vanghele (Romania)
* 2009: Ganimat Zahidov and Eynulla Fatullayev (Azerbaijan), Marianna Grigoryan (Armenia) and Batumelebi (Georgia)
* 2010'da Mikhail Bekhetov and Olga Bobrova (Russia)
* 2011: Daniel Pál Rényi and Mária Vásárhelyi (Hungary) (EA/BM)
