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 […]
Muslim Mirror: Jailed Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj honoured with human rights journalism award
SRINAGAR : Jailed Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj, who is currently incarcerated under draconian charges, has been honored with the Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Award for 2024. Mehraj, who won in the Best Video Story category for his impactful work on the heroin epidemic in Kashmir, shared the award with Akanksha Saxena and Khalid […]
Clarion India: Jailed Kashmiri Journalist Honoured with Human Rights Journalism Award
SRINAGAR – Jailed Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj, who is currently incarcerated under draconian charges, has been honored with the Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Award for 2024. Mehraj, who won in the Best Video Story category for his impactful work on the heroin epidemic in Kashmir, shared the award with Akanksha Saxena and Khalid Khan […]
The Quint: Fatima Khan Wins Young Journalist of the Year, Manipur Docu Shines
HRRF Journalism Awards is a project of the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), a Washington DC-based advocacy group. “Today, we honour the unwavering courage and integrity of the journalists who have stood on the frontlines of truth, amplifying the voices of the oppressed and defending the fundamental rights of all people. Their fearless commitment to […]
Maktoob Media: Jailed Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj wins human rights journalism award
Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj has been honored with the Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Award for 2024, despite being currently incarcerated under draconian charges. Mehraj, who won in the Best Video Story category, was recognised for his impactful work on the heroin epidemic in Kashmir. He shared the award with Akanksha Saxena and Khalid […]
Free Press Kashmir: Jailed Kashmiri journalist among 3 honoured for best story on heroin crisis in JK
Jailed Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj, digital and TV journalist Akanksha Saxena, and Srinagar-based journalist Khalid Khan have been announced as the winners of the 2024 Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Awards (HRRFJ). The awards, organised by the Indian American Muslim Council, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, were presented at a ceremony in Chicago, Illinois. […]
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 […]