From his cell in the maximum security Agüica Prison in western Matanzas province, jailed Cuban journalist Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez has written a letter to accept CPJ's International Press Freedom Award. In his letter, Maseda Gutiérrez speaks out "for all those who suffer the horror that characterizes despotic and oligarchic government models." (English translation of his letter) (The original hand-written letter in Spanish is here)
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Foto/AP by Stuart RamsonAndrew Mwenda, Farida Nekzad, Beatrice Mtetwa y Danish Karokhel.
No pudieron asistir a la premiación: Bilal Hussein y Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez.
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No pudieron asistir a la premiación: Bilal Hussein y Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
6:30 p.m. Reception • 7:45 p.m. Dinner • 10:00 p.m. Post-dinner Reception
Grand Ballroom, The Waldorf-Astoria, New York City
6:30 p.m. Reception • 7:45 p.m. Dinner • 10:00 p.m. Post-dinner Reception
Grand Ballroom, The Waldorf-Astoria, New York City
Jeff Zucker, Dinner Chairman
Gwen Ifill, Host
Presenters:
Christiane Amanpour, CNN
Harry Smith, CBS
Richard Engel, NBC
Steve Coll, author and journalist
Barry Bearak, The New York Times
Honoring:
Bilal Hussein Associated Press photographer, Iraq
Danish Karokhel and Farida Nekzad,
Pajhwok Afghanistan News executives, Afghanistan
Andrew Mwenda, managing editor, The Independent, Uganda,
Hector Maseda Gutiérrez, imprisoned reporter, Cuba
Burton Benjamin Award:
Beatrice Mtetwa, media lawyer, Zimbabwe
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