Parmi les 18 nominés de l’édition 2017, le jury a récompensé le journaliste d’investigation polonais Tomasz Piatek, la chaîne internet turque Medyascope TV et le photographe iranien Soheil Arabi.
Dans la catégorie “journaliste”, le prix est remis à Tomasz Piatek, journaliste d’investigation du quotidien Gazeta Wyborcza. Poursuivi devant un tribunal militaire par le ministre de la Défense Antoni Macierewicz pour son livre très critique ”Macierewicz et ses secrets”, qui met en lumière les liens entre le ministre et des personnes liées aux services de renseignement russes, Tomasz Piatek encourt jusqu’à trois années de prison. Depuis la publication de l’ouvrage, il a fait l’objet de violentes attaques de la part des médias proches du pouvoir et subit de lourdes menaces.
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Le photographe iranien Soheil Arabi a été récompensé dans la catégorie “journaliste-citoyen”. Arrêté fin 2013 à Téhéran, maintenu pendant deux mois à l’isolement, Soheil Arabi a subi de mauvais traitements dans le but de lui faire avouer son implication dans la mise en place d’un réseau sur Facebook blasphémant l’islam et diffusant des informations critiques du régime. S’en est suivie une longue saga judiciaire, au cours de laquelle il a été successivement condamné à trois ans de prison, 30 coups de fouets et une lourde amende, puis quelques mois plus tard à la peine capitale, peine finalement annulée. En septembre 2015, il a été condamné à sept ans et demi de prison ferme. En juillet 2017, sa femme a été arrêtée puis libérée huit jours plus tard. Elle est toujours la cible de harcèlement et de menaces. Depuis fin août, Soheil Arabi mène une grève de la faim.
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From a list of 18 nominees, the jury awarded this year’s prize to Polish investigativereporter Tomasz Piatek in the “journalist” category, Turkish web TV Medyascopein the “media” category, and imprisoned Iranian photographer Soheil Arabi in the“citizen-journalist” category.
“Journalist” category laureate Tomasz Piatek is an investigative reporter for theWarsaw-based daily Gazeta Wyborcza who is facing a possible three-year jail termon charges brought by defence minister Antoni Macierewicz before a military court.They were prompted by a book entitled “Macierewicz and his secret” that shedslight on the minister’s relations with persons linked to the Russian intelligenceservices. Ever since its publication, Piatek has been the target of attacks in the pro-government media and has been getting serious threats.
“Media” category laureate Medyascope is an independent Web TV launched in2015 by leading Turkish journalist Ruşen Çakır with the aim of combining newtechnology with better reporting standards to reopen a public debate now largelysuppressed in Turkey, which is ranked 155th out of 180 countries in RSF’s 2017World Press Freedom Index. It uses videos that are broadcast online and are made available as podcasts to give a voice to journalists sidelined by the government’s crackdown, and to citizen-journalists. Its programmes are now quite structured and include sections on a wide range of subjects such as politics, society, culture and sport. Some of its programmes are available in Kurdish, German, French and English. They include a weekly English-language podcast called “This Week in Turkey.”
“Citizen-journalist” category laureate Soheil Arabi is a Tehran-based photographer who was has been imprisoned since December 2013. After his arrest, he was mistreated and subjected to solitary confinement for two months to force him to confess to involvement in creating a Facebook network that “blasphemed” Islam and criticized the government. A long judicial saga ensued in which he was initially sentenced him to three years in prison, 30 lashes and a heavy fine. A few months later, he was retried and sentenced to death, but the death sentence was eventually overturned and in September 2015he was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison. In July of this year, his wife was arrested and was held for eight days, and she is still being subjected to threats and harassment. Soheil Arabi began a hunger strike at the end of August.
Laureates Tomasz Piatek and Ruşen Çakır, RSF secretary-general ChristopheDeloire, Strasbourg mayor Roland Ries and TV5 Monde editor-in- chief Paul Germainwere among those attending these evening’s award ceremony in Strasbourg, which was hosted by TV journalist Bernard de la Villardière. The guest of honour was Loup Bureau, a young French freelance reporter who was held for seven weeks in Turkey earlier this year. RSF waged an intensive campaign on his behalf until he was released.
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