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DHAKA: Bangladeshi journalist Abu Sufian received BOBs (Best of Blogs competition) jury award in the “Reporters Without Borders” category of 2012 Tuesday.
He was chosen from 11 finalists by an international jury consisting of bloggers and a Reporters Without Borders representative at the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle`s Best of the Blogs 2012 contest.
Sufian exposes himself to threats and considerable danger to provide detailed investigative coverage of extrajudicial executions, a problem that the government denies and the traditional media largely ignore, although the victims number in the thousands.
He also won an award from a national journalists’ organization in 2006.
His reporting has included coverage of last February’s murder of husband-and-wife journalists Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, which has prompted unprecedented protests and joint demands for justice by Bangladeshi journalists and bloggers.
He is also campaigning for a “right to information” law that would force the government to be more transparent.
For the eighth time, DW presented its blog awards, selected by an international jury from more than 3,000 suggestions.
"They give minorities a voice and claim their right to free speech. That is a huge challenge," said DW Editor-in-Chief Ute Schaeffer. "Deutsche Welle wants to give you courage and show you how important your work is."
The main winner was Iranian blogger Arash Sigarchi for his "Window of Anguish," selected by the panel as the best blog of 2012. The blog is well-known in the international Iranian community, attracting a significant number of readers. Despite being arrested several times for the content of his blog, and becoming ill with cancer, Sigarchi has kept on blogging - nowadays from the United States.
Other prize winners included a site that allows women in Egypt to record instances of sexual violence using an interactive map and a Chinese cartoon site depicting themes of social injustice.
He was chosen from 11 finalists by an international jury consisting of bloggers and a Reporters Without Borders representative at the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle`s Best of the Blogs 2012 contest.
Sufian exposes himself to threats and considerable danger to provide detailed investigative coverage of extrajudicial executions, a problem that the government denies and the traditional media largely ignore, although the victims number in the thousands.
He also won an award from a national journalists’ organization in 2006.
His reporting has included coverage of last February’s murder of husband-and-wife journalists Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, which has prompted unprecedented protests and joint demands for justice by Bangladeshi journalists and bloggers.
He is also campaigning for a “right to information” law that would force the government to be more transparent.
For the eighth time, DW presented its blog awards, selected by an international jury from more than 3,000 suggestions.
"They give minorities a voice and claim their right to free speech. That is a huge challenge," said DW Editor-in-Chief Ute Schaeffer. "Deutsche Welle wants to give you courage and show you how important your work is."
The main winner was Iranian blogger Arash Sigarchi for his "Window of Anguish," selected by the panel as the best blog of 2012. The blog is well-known in the international Iranian community, attracting a significant number of readers. Despite being arrested several times for the content of his blog, and becoming ill with cancer, Sigarchi has kept on blogging - nowadays from the United States.
Other prize winners included a site that allows women in Egypt to record instances of sexual violence using an interactive map and a Chinese cartoon site depicting themes of social injustice.
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