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| CPJ to honor five international journalists |
| Written by James |
| Tuesday, 16 September 2008 16:32 |
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Beatrice Mtetwa, a press and human rights lawyer in Zimbabwe, has won the Committee to Protect Journalists' Burton Benjamin Memorial Award for lifetime achievement in recognition of her continued efforts to ensure a free press in one of the most repressive regimes in the world.
The awards will be presented at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on Tuesday, November 25. Jeff Zucker, chief executive of NBC Universal, is chairman of the black-tie dinner. Gwen Ifill, CPJ board member and managing editor of PBS' Washington Week, will be the host. " Beatrice Mtetwa is a tireless defender of press freedom in Zimbabwe, where the law is used as a weapon against independent journalists. The country's leading human rights and media lawyer, Mtetwa has fearlessly stood up against the lawlessness of the Mugabe government. She has won acquittals for dozens of journalists arrested under Zimbabwe's repressive media laws ", according to her citation . Mtwewa has endured her torment at the hands of Zimbabwe's brutal regime. Last year, she was beaten with clubs by the police. It was the second attack on Mtetwa in five years. The Burton Benjamin Memorial Award is named in honor of the late CBS News senior producer and former CPJ chairman who died in 1988. Mtetwa, a 2005 recipient of CPJ's International Press Freedom Award, is the first person to be honored with both awards. Mtetwa's courageous efforts on behalf of journalists in Zimbabwe demonstrate her unflinching commitment, CPJ's Steiger said. She is richly deserving of the Burton Benjamin Award, given for lifetime achievement in the cause of press freedom. |
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