Awards
2018, Lorenzo Natali Price
There are millions of children of primary-school age in India who don’t attend school. For some, school is too far away, others have to work at home and some can’t afford to go
Honoured for a series of video and written reports that vividly illustrated the impact on locals in the Muslim-majority area following India’s decision to strip occupied Kashmir of its special status in August of last year.
India has been engulfed in riots after the world’s biggest democracy suddenly stripped nearly two million people of their citizenship. As the nation’s leaders ramp up Hindu nationalist rhetoric, a newly-enacted law has signaled to India’s 200 million Muslims that they are the true target. This could mean that they end up in one of the brand-new detention camps quietly being constructed across the country.
People living in the suburb of Anchar are battling to keep security forces out. Since India stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its special status, the disputed region has been on security lockdown. Anchar, part of the main city of Srinagar, is thought to be the only major pocket of resistance
Why has love become a crime in India’s largest state?
Uttar Pradesh’s Hindutva far-right government is using recently enacted anti-conversion laws to target interfaith unions.
“Ahmer Khan’s journalism sheds light on some of the toughest and most heated issues in India, while his writing shows impact and sensitivity. He tackled one of the most difficult stories in one of the most difficult places. It’s fearless reporting at its best.”
-Martin Adler Prize Jury
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