Winners Announced: Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Awards 2025

Harvey, Illinois (September 20, 2025) —The Human Rights and Religious Freedom (HRRF) Journalism Awards announced the winners of its 2025 edition at a ceremony held in Harvey, Illinois, on Saturday, September 20. The awards recognize outstanding reporting that amplifies urgent issues of human rights, religious freedom, and solidarity in India and among its diaspora. The […]
Human Rights & Religious Freedom Journalism Grant 2025 Now Open for Submissions

The Human Rights & Religious Freedom (HRRF) Journalism Awards is pleased to announce that submissions are now open for the 2025 HRRF Journalism Grant Program. The program offers grants to independent journalists pursuing in-depth stories that highlight urgent human rights and religious freedom issues in India and across its global diaspora. The HRRF Journalism Awards […]
Call For Submissions: Human Rights & Religious Freedom Journalism Awards 2025

June 24, 2025, Washington, DC – The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) is proud to announce the call for submissions for the fourth annual Human Rights & Religious Freedom (HRRF) Journalism Awards 2025, a recognition of bold, courageous, and impactful journalism that sheds light on some of the most urgent human rights and religious freedom […]
Winners Announced: Human Rights Religious Freedom Journalism Awards – 2024

Chicago, Illinois (August 24, 2024)— The Indian American Muslim Council, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos, today announced the winners of the annual Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Awards at a ceremony in Chicago, Illinois. “Today, we honor the unwavering courage and integrity of the journalists who […]
Call For Submissions: Human Rights & Religious Freedom Journalism Awards 2024

June 24, 2025, Washington, DC – The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) is proud to announce the call for submissions for the fourth annual Human Rights & Religious Freedom (HRRF) Journalism Awards 2025, a recognition of bold, courageous, and impactful journalism that sheds light on some of the most urgent human rights and religious freedom […]
Winners Announced: Human Rights Religious Freedom Journalism Awards – 2023

Washington, DC (October 14, 2023)— The Indian American Muslim Council, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos, today announced the winners of the annual Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Awards at the IAMC National Convention 2023 in Dallas, Texas. Extraordinary and in-depth reporting covering the systematic targeting of […]
Call For Proposals: Human Rights & Religious Freedom Journalism Grant

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC (August 10, 2022): The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), a Washington, DC-based advocacy group, today announced the launch of the Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Grant Program. The program will support early and mid-career journalists to pursue reporting projects on threats to democracy, key challenges confronting the religious minorities […]
2022 Human Rights & Religious Freedom Journalism Awards Ceremony

Human Rights & Religious Freedom Journalism Awards (HRRFJ Awards) honors the groundbreaking and in-depth reporting on pressing issues concerning Indian minorities and marginalized communities. The Awards are being organized by the Indian American Muslim Council, a Washington DC-based advocacy group. On Sunday, June 19 at 12 noon EST / 9:30 PM IST, join us to honor […]
Shortlist Announced for the Human Rights & Religious Freedom Journalism Awards 2022

We are finally thrilled to announce the shortlist across five categories of the Human Rights & Religious Freedom Journalism Awards 2022. The quality and diversity of the entries were outstanding and it was tough for our jury members to choose finalists in each category. But the results are in now. We will honor the winners […]
Call For Submissions: Human Rights & Religious Freedom Journalism Awards 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 06, 2022, Washington, DC: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), a Washington, DC-based advocacy group today announced the establishment of the annual Human Rights & Religious Freedom Journalism Awards, with the goal of recognizing courageous, groundbreaking, and in-depth reporting on pressing issues concerning Indian minorities and marginalized communities. The awards will be adjudicated by an […]