Naomi Hunt and Konstantin Balev, International Press Institute

Ethiopian journalist and UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize winner Reyot Alemu is serving a five-year sentence in prison for “promoting terrorism”, IWMF

Reyot Alemu and the crime of courage

By awarding Reyot Alemu with the 2013 Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, UNESCO is recognizing the imprisoned journalist’s courage in the face of the Ethiopian government’s hostility towards press freedom.