Bangladeshi artist wins international award

Dhaka Tribune
UNB
June 12th, 2021

Fawaz Rob’s painting 'Long Walk Home' UNB

The dehumanization of Muslim communities across the world is the tragedy of our time, says the artist

Bangladeshi artist Fawaz Rob’s art work on the plight of Myanmar’s displaced citizens, Rohingyas, has been voted the best entry among all participants at the PenhArt International exhibition.

Jurors and audience voted his art "Long Walk Home" to be the best among 80 participants from all over the world, including France, Japan, the USA, and the UK.

“I’m very delighted to receive this international award. An artist has the responsibility to stand up against the evil of his era,” said Fawaz Rob.

Swe Win, editor-in-chief of Myanmar Now, to Receive 2021 Shorenstein Journalism Award

Stanford News

Noa Ronkin

April 28, 2021

The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) has awarded Burmese journalist Swe Win the 2021 Shorenstein Journalism Award.

An investigative journalist and human rights defender, Swe Win is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Myanmar Now, an independent news agency that produces features, analysis and investigative reports on life in the country in both Burmese and English.

Presented annually by APARC, the Shorenstein award is conferred upon a journalist who has contributed significantly to a greater understanding of Asia through outstanding reporting on critical issues affecting the region. Swe Win will receive the award in fall quarter 2021.

Throughout his journalistic career, Swe Win has focused on underreported cases involving physical injury, wrongdoing and miscarriage of justice in Myanmar. Under his leadership, Myanmar Now has gained recognition for its in-depth, unflinching reports of crimes against the Rohingya and spotlights on the lives of

Swe Win (Courtesy Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center)

Al Jazeera Digital bags two Webby awards

Aljazeera
May 21'2020

Newsfeed video on the Rohingya crisis and AJ Contrast series about homelessness in LA among the 2020 winners.

Nominees were selected across dozens of categories by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences [Al Jazeera] 

Al Jazeera Digital has won two Webby awards for its work in highlighting the plight of Rohingya refugees and homelessness in the United States.

Academy Award Winner Orlando Von Einsiedel Returns To Oscar Race With Short Doc ‘Lost And Found,’ On Rohingya Refugee Crisis

DEADLINE
Matthew Carey
November 22, 2019

Eric Charbonneau/Invision/AP/Shutterstock

 

In Orlando von Einsiedel’s new documentary short Lost and Found a young girl named Dokana, separated from her family, waits patiently in hopes her mother will soon appear. As the hours pass the only sign of her mounting anxiety is the tears that brim in her luminous eyes.

Dokana is one of tens of thousands of children living in the world’s largest refugee camp, located in Bangladesh across the border from Myanmar. The camp is a makeshift home to the Rohingya minority who have been chased from their native Myanmar in a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing.

City of London U-turns over decision to strip Aung San Suu Kyi of freedom award

CITYA.M.
Alexandra Rogers
Thursday 12 September 2019 

The City of London Corporation has U-turned on an earlier decision to strip Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary freedom award over her failure to condemn the ongoing violence against the Rohingya people in Myanmar.

The Corporation’s freedom applications committee today decided that Suu Kyi’s honorary freedom – the highest honour the Corporation can bestow upon an individual – should be suspended rather than revoked, despite a vote from councillors earlier in the year calling for it to be removed.

Read more: City of London Corporation votes in favour of revoking Aung San Suu Kyi honorary freedom award

AJ Shorts wins human rights press award in Hong Kong

Aljazeera 
22/05/2019

Digital documentary Growing up too Fast in Afghanistan was recognised in the short video category.

 The film is about a 14-year-old boy whose father was killed by ISIL, forcing him to abandon school [Al Jazeera]

The Al Jazeera English Online unit AJ Shorts was honoured alongside fellow awards winners from The New York Times, Reuters, BBC, Washington Post and leading East Asian news outlets at this year's Human Rights Press Awards ceremony in Hong Kong.

Reuters Journalists Jailed in Myanmar to Receive U.N. Press Freedom Prize

TIMES
By Wilder Davies
April 11, 2019

Reuters journalist Wa Lone (C) leaves a district court in Yangon on July 9, 2018 after being charged with another journalist Kyaw Soe Oo under the Official Secrets Act for illegally obtaining classified military documents that exposed extrajudicial killings of Rohingya Muslims by the military in Rakhine State.

Kyodo—Kyodo 

Two Reuters journalists who are currently serving seven-year prison sentences in Myanmar are to be awarded a prize for press freedom by the U.N.’s cultural organization.

The 2019 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize, which honors the defense and promotion of press freedom, is being awarded to Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo as a tribute to their courage and commitment to freedom of expression, according to a press release from UNESCO. The two journalists had been working on stories about a military crackdown and alleged human rights violations in Rakhine state in Myanmar when they were arrested. They were also named as TIME’s Person of the Year, along with three other journalists and a news organization, last December.

Bangladeshi lawyer gets US award for advocating Rohingya rights

bdnews24.com
Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com

Published: 07 Mar 2019 

 

 

Razia Sultana, a Bangladeshi lawyer and advocate for the rights of the Rohingya, will receive the 2019 International Women of Courage Awards in Washington on Thursday.

Sultana is one of 10 “extraordinary” women from around the world who will receive the award this year at the US Department of State in a ceremony hosted by Secretary of State Pompeo, the embassy in Dhaka said in a Facebook post.

First Lady Melania Trump will deliver special remarks on the occasion.

The US embassy has sent its “heartfelt congratulations” to Sultana.

Link :https://bdnews24.com/people/2019/03/07/bangladeshi-lawyer-gets-us-award-for-advocating-rohingya-rights 

Rohingya lawyer gets US award

The Daily Star

March 06, 2019

In this photo taken from UN News, Razia Sultana, human rights activist and lawyer, addresses the Security Council's open debate on behalf of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security. Photo: UN Photo/Mark Garten

Rohingya-born Bangladeshi citizen Razia Sultana has been awarded the United States’ International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award for her work with Rohingya refugees.

She is among the 10 extraordinary women from around the world who will be honoured this year, said a press release from the State Department of United States issued today.