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Winners 2010

• Mark Doyle and Ed Butler

  Special Radio Prize

  
  United Kingdom

  Title of the article

  Guinea on the Brink

  Name of media

  BBC World Service

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  Mark Doyle and Ed Butler worked together to cover the events of 28 September 2009 when government troops opened fire on unarmed crowds at a pro-democracy opposition rally at a football stadium in the Guinean capital, Conakry. One UN official described it as a “blood bath“. Mark travelled to Guinea on 19 October 2009 to find out what happened. The programme helped to highlight potential human rights abuses in Guinea. A United Nations Commission of Inquiry, established in October 2009, investigated the stadium killings. Their report recommended the prosecution of the persons held responsible. In May 2010, the United Nations Commission set up an office in Guinea to monitor human rights and subsequently set up a transitional government.

• Yuk-Kuen Wong

  Special TV Prize

  
  China

  Title of the article

  Child Abduction

  Name of media

  Television Broadcasts Limited

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  Yuk-Kuen has worked as a senior producer at Television Broadcasts Limited in Hong Kong since June 1993. She had to battle the authorities to compile her report on child abduction in China, due mainly to its one-child policy, and there is little chance it will be seen on the mainland, outside Hong Kong. Previously, she worked as a television anchor and reporter at Metro Broadcasts Limited and holds a degree in Language and Communication from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

• Frédéric Delepierre

  First Prize

  
  Belgium

  Title of the article

  Bhopal, plaie ouverte de l'Inde / Bhopal, India’s Open Wound

  Name of media

  Le Soir

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  Frédéric is a journalist who specialises in justice matters and natural disasters for Belgian newspaper "Le Soir", where he was worked since 1998. Currently a regional reporter, he has written extensively on high-profile crime stories such as the Dutroux and Fourniret cases. Frédéric also reported from disaster areas, including a post-tsunami South East Asia and earthquakes in Iran and Haiti. Previously, he wrote for the daily La Dernière Heure and has also worked on radio and regional television.

• Shyamlal Yadav

  First Prize

  
  India

  Title of the article

  Streams of Filth

  Name of media

  India Today

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  Shyamlal has worked as a journalist for 17 years, but first came to national attention after the Right to Information (RTI) act came into force in India in 2005. Shyamlal began using the act for journalistic purposes and published a number of influential articles using the information he gathered. Among the highlights were a series of stories on foreign visits by union ministers and bureaucrats. On 1 December 2009, leading TV news channel NDTV gave him an award as a “best user” of the RTI act, the only journalist to win that acclaim.

• Manar Attiya Salem

  First Prize

  
  Egypt

  Title of the article

  Aya ouvre une brèche / Aya Breaks the Wall

  Name of media

  Journal Al-Ahram Hebdo

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  Manar has worked as a journalist in the lifestyle section at the newspaper Al-Ahram Hebdo since 1993, when its first edition was published. Since that time she has written hundreds of articles about Egyptian society, ranging from topics such as the health benefits and cultural obstacles of breast-feeding babies, through to stories about the demonstrations in Tahrir Square.

• Yader Francisco Luna García

  Grand Prize

  
  Nicaragua

  Title of the article

  Palabra de Mujer / Woman’s Word

  Name of media

  Revista La Brújula Semana

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  Yader Luna is editor and publisher of the review 'La Brújula Semanal', with which he won UNICEF's National Journalism Prize for a story on children’s and teenager’s rights in November 2009. He also writes a regular blog there. From 2006 to 2009 he was editor and reporter in the 'Politics' section at 'La Prensa', Nicaragua's most prestigious daily. He has worked with the "Magazine" - a Sunday supplement - and the daily El Nuevo Diario.

• Kipchumba Some

  First Prize

  
  Kenya

  Title of the article

  Police executions: dark secrets revealed

  Name of media

  Standard Media Group

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  Kipchumba is a senior writer at the Standard Media Group, where he has been a weekend newspaper reporter since April 2009. In just four years of journalism in Kenya, Kipchumba has won a reputation for his investigative journalism and political analysis. Prior to working for the Standard, he was a correspondent for two years at its main rival, the Nation media group.