Plano Star Courier: Indian American Muslim Council’s annual convention sets call to action to uphold human rights in India and US
In a celebration for diverse communities across North Texas, the Indian American Muslim Council held its annual convention at the Plano Event Center on Saturday, Oct. 14. The central theme for the event was a global call to action to uphold democracy and human rights for all. The event saw day-long panel discussions on human […]
shethepeople.tv:Who Is Aishwarya Iyer? Journalist Wins Human Rights and Religious Freedom Young Journalist Award
Who is Aishwarya Iyer? The journalist won the Human Rights and Religious Freedom Young Journalist Award 2022. The journalist for Scroll Aishwarya Iyer and the journalist for The Wire Ismat Ara won the Human Rights and Religious Freedom (HRRF) Young Journalist of the Year Award on June 19. The awards were a part of the […]
Eurasiareview: Celebrating Freedom Journalism: Human Rights And Religious Freedom Journalism Awards – OpEd
By Muhammad Shoaib The Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Awards (HRRFJA) were presented by the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), a Washington, D.C. -based organisation dedicated to maintaining India’s tolerance and pluralism. Awards were created to raise awareness of stories and perspectives that mainstream/elite media often overlook. When it came time to give prizes […]
Free Press Kashmir: Two Kashmiri journalists win HRRFJ award
Srinagar: Two Kashmiri journalists Syed Shahriyar and Shahid Tantray have won the Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Awards (HRRFJA) for the year 2022. Shahriyar received the award for the ‘Best Photo Story on Human Rights and Religious Freedom’. He was nominated alongside Shefali Rafiq, a Kashmiri multimedia journalist. While Tantray won the award for […]
Etv Bharat: Two young Kashmiri journalists bag HRRF awards
Tantray, who works with The Caravan magazine has jointly won the award for his video story ‘The Dirty Design: Is India trying to create a Shia-Sunni divide in Kashmir’ with Priyanka Thirumurthy of another media house for her story ‘Battling Hate and Virus’. Read more at: https://www.etvbharat.com/english/national/bharat/two-young-kashmiri-journalists-win-hrrf-awards/na20220620151339727727044
The Wire : Ismat Ara Wins HRRF ‘Young Journalist of the Year’ Award for Articles Published in The Wire
The awards were constituted by the Indian American Muslim Council, a Washington DC-based advocacy group, to “highlight stories and amplify voices that are often missing from the mainstream/elite media”.
Scroll.in: Scroll.in’s Aishwarya Iyer wins Human Rights and Religious Freedom Young Journalist Award 2022
Scroll.in’s Aishwarya Iyer along with The Wire’s Ismat Ara won the Human Rights and Religious Freedom Young Journalist of the Year Award on Sunday. The honours were a part of the annual Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Awards that were announced by the Indian American Muslim Council, an advocacy group based in Washington, United […]
HRRF Awards: The Wire’s Journalists in Shortlists for Reporting on Communalism, Hate Speech (The Wire)
The HRRF has shortlisted Alishan Jafri, Ismat Ara, Naomi Barton, Kaushik Raj and Shehlat Maknoon Wani across categories for their stories for The Wire.
IJNET: Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Awards open [Worldwide]ijnet:
Journalists worldwide who have reported on the human rights and religious freedom issues in India can compete for an award. Entries are being accepted for the Human Rights & Religious Freedom Journalism Awards, sponsored by the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC). The awards recognize courageous, groundbreaking, and in-depth reporting on pressing issues concerning Indian minorities and marginalized […]