BAJ nominated for UNESCO prize

“The Prize is attrib­uted for defend­ing and/or pro­mot­ing press free­dom, espe­cial­ly in the face of dan­ger,” the EU del­e­ga­tion to the OSCE and UNESCO said on Twit­ter.

46 UNESCO Mem­ber States, includ­ing all 27 EUMS, joined in nom­i­nat­ing the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists for the Guiller­mo Cano World Press Free­dom Prize 2022! 

The Prize is attrib­uted for defend­ing and/or pro­mot­ing press free­dom, espe­cial­ly in the face of dan­ger. pic.twitter.com/91aEmEi3sL

— EU Del­e­ga­tion to OECD & UNESCO   (@EUatOECD_UNESCO) Feb­ru­ary 15, 2022

The annu­al prize will be award­ed in hon­or of mur­dered Colom­bian jour­nal­ist Guiller­mo Cana Isas on May 3, World Press Free­dom Day.

The prize is award­ed on World Press Free­dom Day, cel­e­brat­ed on May 3.

The Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists was found­ed in 1995. Since then, it has brought togeth­er jour­nal­ists of inde­pen­dent media in Belarus. After two office search­es in 2021, it was liq­ui­dat­ed by the deci­sion of the Supreme Court.