Human Rights Religious Freedom Journalism Awards – 2025
Finalists
Nolina Sarah Minj
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Akanksha Kumar
Newslaundry / Article 14
Parth Meena Nikhil
Rest of World
Winner
Akanksha Kumar
Newslaundry / Article 14
(Series on fake police encounters and criminalization of Muslims in Haryana state)
Inside UP clean chit to STF encounter death No. 25: An autopsy ‘cover-up’, other loopholes
In Prayagraj, a mother’s battle against UP cops for man’s death after ‘staged encounter’
Cut, copy, charge: Inside Haryana police’s flawed case on Nuh violence
Finalists
Siddharth Sarathe
The Quint Hindi
Umang Poddar
BBC Hindi
Shruti Sharma & Ankit Raj
The Wire Hindi
Winner
Umang Poddar
BBC Hindi
दिल्ली दंगों के पाँच साल: बरी होते लोग, पुलिस की जाँच पर उठते सवाल
दिल्ली दंगों के पाँच साल: कुछ हिंसा के आरोप से बरी हुए तो कुछ बिना सुनवाई अब भी जेल में
Finalists
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed & Team Frontline
Frontline Magazine
Mini P Thomas
The Times of India
Priyanka Arjun Tupe
Behan Box
Winner
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed & Team Frontline
Frontline Magazine
Finalists
Meghna Bali, Bhat Burhan & Mohammad Sartaj Alam
ABC News
Ashfaque E.J & Saurabh Kumar
Newslaundry
Jyoti Jangra
Newsreel Asia
Joint Winners
Meghna Bali, Bhat Burhan & Mohammad Sartaj Alam
ABC News
Finalists
Aliza Noor
The Quint
Tarushi Aswani
Independent Journalist
Rokibuz Zaman
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Winner
Rokibuz Zaman
Aditya Menon, Aliza Noor, Syed Faheem Ahmed, Ashutosh Singh, Naman Shah and Zijah Sherwani
The Quint