An outstanding figure in Korean journalism, Choi Suk-Chae was a staunch defender of a free press and demonstrated great courage in opposing all forms of injustice on frequent occasions during his long career. Born November 21, 1917, in Boeun, North Chung-Chong Province, Korea, Choi began his career in journalism as a magazine reporter in 1942, […]

Shiro Hara was a crusading city news editor who devoted his life to exposing social injustice through his journalistic campaigns in the national daily, Yomiuri Shimbun. His efforts led to Yomiuri becoming one of the largest circulation newspapers in the world and famed for its city news pages. He also made a lasting contribution to […]

Veronica Guerin covered organised crime for Ireland’s best-selling newspaper, the Sunday Independent. A household name, she was famous not only for her fearless reporting about the murderers and drug lords of Dublin’s criminal underworld but for her commitment to defending the public’s right to know. As a result of her work, she received numerous death […]

Kronid Arkadyevich Lyubarsky was a prominent human rights activist whose work led to his incarceration, jailing and emigration in the 1970s. During his years in exile, he published a human rights bulletin, News from the USSR, and an annual list of political prisoners in the labour camps, prisons and mental hospitals of the Soviet Union. […]