And the winners are...

Internews is pleased to reveal the winner of the public prize of the Every Human Has Rights Media Awards:

Ben Fundis, Clara Long and John Drew, from the United States of America for "Border Stories"

Through a mosaic of portrayals, this report explores the US-Mexico border, the longest boundary between the developed and developing world and a politically and emotionally charged region.

These stories are an effort to promote tolerance by showcasing the humanity behind border issues.

Five other winners of special prizes received trophies at the ceremony
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- Michael Duffy (Australia): Best TV for "Nike Human Rights Investigation"

- Rodrigo Tornero (Argentina): Best Radio for "It's my body"

- Mário Magalhães & Joel Silva (Brazil): Best Print for "The anti-heroes – The underworld of sugarcane"

- Raby Idoumou Bouh (Mauritania): Best Citizen journalism for "The Youngest Mauritanian Divorcee"

- Anas Aremeyaw & Mary Fianko Akuffo (Ghana) : Best investigative report and also most courageous investigation for "Human For Sale Dons’ Exposed"

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The Winners' blog

Read the posts from the awarded journalists gathered in Paris on the Winners' blog. Recent posts:

The Voice of Darfur!

From the 8th of December to the 21st of December 2008, come and meet us to the Darfur exhbition that is installed in a UNHCR tent in the Trocadéro Gardens.

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Mexico

The Survivors of Acteal

Fátima Monterrosa
Revista emeequis (12/10/2007)
The work of Fátima Monterrosa is well known in the journalistic community in Mexico. She has worked as a press correspondent for a diverse range of national print and electronic media outlets. Over the years she has covered the situation of the indigenous communities in Chiapas and their uprising, as well as other topics related to poverty, but her specialty is corruption and access to information.
"Many Mexicans perhaps do not remember it. Still others have wanted to bury that part of our history. But the memory of Acteal will be difficult to silence. It remains there, still awaiting justice to be served for the murder of 45 Tzotzil natives shot down one December day ten years ago: 21 women, four of them pregnant, 15 children and nine men. It happened on a cold and rainy morning on the 22nd of December, 1997, nights before the celebration of the advent of the Son of God. " This story is related to the following articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Article 3: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. Article 4: No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. Article 5: No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Article 7: All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination. Article 9: No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. Article 22: Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.
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