The winners of the 16th annual Amnesty International UK Media Awards recognising excellence in human rights reporting were presented by Al Jazeera English presenter and writer Rageh Omaar at the Café Royal, London, on Wednesday. Sponsored by PCI:Fitch, the awards also acknowledge journalism's significant contribution understanding of human rights issues in the UK.
The Amnesty International Special Award for Human Rights Journalism Under Threat:
Dina Meza (right) and her team of five investigative journalists working for monthly e-magazine Revistazo in Honduras
Gaby Rado Memorial Award (for a journalist covering human rights for less than five years):
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad – Tea and Kidnapping
Nations and Regions:
Haunted, The Herald Magazine – Lucy Adams
National newspapers:
Congo's Tragedy, The Independent – Johann Hari
Periodicals:
The Big Steal, Guardian Weekend Magazine – Jonathan Watts
Photojournalism:
Acid attacks in Bangladesh, Foto 8 Magazine – Andrew Testa
Radio:
Dispatches from Gaza, BBC News – Alan Johnston, BBC Gaza Bureau
Television documentary and docudrama:
Execution of a Teenage Girl, BBC/Wild Pictures – Paul Hamann, Monica Garnsey, Lucy Hetherington
Television news:
China Organ Transplants, BBC Ten O'Clock News – Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, Bessie Du, Al Go
