Anna Politkovskaya - Awards

Awards

  • 2001: "Golden Pen Prize" of the Russian Union of Journalists
  • 2001: Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism
  • 2002: Norwegian Authors' Union Freedom of Expression Prize ("Ytringsfrihetsprisen")
  • 2002: PEN American Center Freedom to Write Award
  • 2002: International Women's Media Foundation Courage in Journalism Award
  • 2003: Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage
  • 2003: Hermann Kesten Medal
  • 2004: Olof Palme Prize (shared with Lyudmila Alexeyeva and Sergei Kovalev)
  • 2004: Vázquez Montalbán Award of International Journalism
  • 2005: Civil Courage Prize (with Min Ko Naing and Munir Said Thalib)
  • 2005: Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media
  • 2006: International Journalism Award named after Tiziano Terzani
  • 2006: World Press Freedom Hero of the International Press Institute
  • 2007: UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize (awarded posthumously for the first time)
  • 2007: National Press Club/John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Award (posthumous)
  • 2007 Democracy Award to Spotlight Press Freedom by the National Endowment for Democracy,

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