UNESCO Awards Press Prize To Nicaraguan Newspaper In Exile
The UN culture agency Saturday awarded its annual press award to Nicaragua's oldest newspaper, whose staff have been forced to publish from abroad as President Daniel Ortega tightens his grip on power.
La Prensa, a title almost 100 years old, has been publishing online since Nicaraguan police in 2021 stormed its premises and arrested its manager Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro.
A Nicaraguan court in 2022 sentenced Holmann to nine years in jail then in 2023 deported him to the United States.
" La Prensa has made courageous efforts to report the truth to the people of Nicaragua, " said Yasuomi Sawa, the chair of the jury for the UNESCO/Guillermo Кано Световна премия за независимост на печата 2025 година
" Подобно на други организации на гражданското общество, La Prensa се сблъска с тежки репресии. Принуден в заточение, този вестник самоуверено поддържа пламъка на свободата на печата ", сподели той. 2007 година
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