Anna Politkovskaya Award
The human rights organization Reach All Women in War (RAW in WAR), which particularly focuses on protecting women's rights during war time, announced in 2007 that they would be awarding an annual "Anna Politkovskaya Award" in Politkovskaya's honor. The award recognizes "a woman human rights defender from a conflict zone in the world who, like Anna, stands up for the victims of this conflict, often at great personal risk".
The award was first given in October 2007 to Anna Politkovskaya's friend and colleague Natalia Estemirova, who was herself found shot dead in 2009.
Other winners of the Anna Politkovskaya Award:
- 2008: Malalai Joya, Afghanistan
- 2009: One Million Signatures Campaign for Equality, Iran
- 2010: Halima Bashir, Sudan
- 2011: Razan Zaitouneh, Syria
- 2012: Marie Colvin, USA
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