The Amnesty International UK Media Awards 2012 recognised excellence in human rights journalism across print, broadcast and digital media. Entries for the awards opened in December 2011, the short-list was published 25 April 2012 and the winners were revealed on 29 May 2012.
A total of 12 awards were resented in the following categories: Digital Media, Documentary, The Gaby Rado Memorial Award, International TV and Radio, Magazine (Consumer), Magazine (Newspaper Supplement), National Newspaper, Nations and Regions, Photojournalism, Radio, Student Human Rights Reporter Award and TV News.
The awards took place at the British Film Institute (BFI) in central London and the ceremony was hosted by Dermot Murnaghan.
2012 Awards The winners and runners up were:
2012 Category Title Organisation Journalists Refs Digital media Deaths in custody:a case to answer The Bureau ofInvestigative Journalism Iain Overton, Angus Stickler, Dan Bell, Charlie Mole The Execution of Troy Davis The Guardian Ed Pilkington, Guardian Digital Team Voices from Dark Places: Exposing the Crimes of the Assad Regime Al Jazeera Annasofie Flamand, Hugh Macleod Judges: Anna Doble, Wesley Johnson, Sam Strudwick, Jody Thompson Documentary Enemies of the People (Voices from The Killing Fields) More4 Rob Lemkin, Stefan Ronowicz, Thet Sambath Give up Tomorrow BBC4 Storyville Michael Collins, Nick Fraser, Eric Daniel Metzgar,Marty Syjuco Sri Lanka's Killing Fields ITN Productions forChannel 4 Callum Macrae,Chris Shaw, Jon Snow Judges: John Amaechi, Mike Blakemore, Clemency Burton-Hill, Alison Rooper, Kim Sengupta Gaby RadoMemorial Award Horror in Homs Channel 4 News Mani "Midnight's Children"; "Kenya is on the Brink of its own Disaster"; Bridenapping': A Growing Hidden Crime" Independent on Sunday Emily Dugan Nigeria: Sex, Lies and Black Magic; Uganda's Miracle Babies; Honduras: Diving into Danger Channel 4 Unreported World Jenny Kleeman Judges: Mike Blakemore, Janet Murray, Louis Rado, Ritula Shah, Jon Snow International TVand Radio Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark Al Jazeera English Jon Blair,May Ying Welsh Assignment: Blasphemy – A Matter of Life and Death BBC World Service Caroline Finnigan, Bridget Harney, Jill McGivering, Bushra Taskeen Death in the Desert: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary CNN Sheri England, Mohamed Fahmy, Tim Lister, Earl Nurse, Frederik Pleitgen Judges: Jane Corbin, Mark Galloway, Flora Hunter, Sean Ryan, Thomas Schultz-Jagow Magazines:Consumer Nature's defenders New Internationalist Vanessa Baird The Art Issue: "Art or Vandalism?" Russia's Robin Hood"China's New Deal" Index on Censorship Yasmine El Rashidi, Nick Sturdee Nick SturdeeSimon Kirby Judges: Richard Horton, Maggie Paterson, Rod Stanley, Emma Tucker, Jenny Wood Magazines:Newspaper supplements The rape of men Observer Magazine Will Storr 1,000,000 Ghosts of Baghdad Mail on SundayLive Magazine Evan Williams Judges: Richard Horton, Maggie Paterson, Rod Stanley, Emma Tucker, Jenny Wood National Newspapers "In Europe's last dictatorship all opposition is mercilessly crushed";My husband phoned to say he was going to the sauna ... we never saw him againRBS Helped Bankroll Europe's Last Dictatorship The Independent Jerome Taylor Investigation into UndercoverPolicing of Protest The Guardian Paul Lewis, Rob Evans We live in fear of a massacre The Sunday Times Marie Colvin Judges: Mike Blakemore, Jemima Khan, Iain Overton, Michelle Stanistreet, Joel Taylor Nations and Regions Gaddafi's Secret PolicemenCame to Talk to Me Sunday Herald David Pratt Torso in the Thames ITV London Tonight Ronke Phillips,Faye Nickolds Women of theWorld's Slums Sunday Herald David Pratt Judges: David Cornock, Helena Drakakis, Mike Gilson, Shabnum Mustapha, Naresh Puri Photojournalism A place to stay – Dale Farm The Times Mary Turner Human Rights Abuses in Egypt NUJ Egyptian revolution exhibition Lewis Whyld The Rattle Of War And The Pain Of Hunger The Guardian Robin Hammond Judges: Stuart Freedman, Colin Jacobson, Jenny Matthews, Maggie Paterson, Kelly Preedy Radio Afghanistan: Counting the Cost BBC Radio 4 Today and The World Tonight Nina Manwaring, Ceri Thomas, Mike Thomson Victoria Derbyshire inGuantanamo Bay BBC Radio 5 Live Victoria Derbyshire,Louisa Compton Judges: Jane Anderson, Mike Blakemore, Henry Bonsu, Mariella Frostrup Student Human RightsReporter Award The curious case ofJohn Oguchuckwu The Glasgow Guardian Amy Mackinnon Democracy Criminalised in East Jerusalem Brig Newspaper (Stirling University's Online Student Voice) Boel Marcks Von Wurtemberg Living in Exile Life 360: Cardiff University's International Journalism Magazine Paul Dharamraj Judges: Nes Cazimoglu, Sean Coughlan, Guy Gunaratne, Hannah Livingstone, Sophie Mei Lan, Yasser Ranjha, Hannah Shaw Television News Battle for Misrata ITV News John Irvine, Arti Lukha,Sean Swan, Tim Singleton, Deborah Turness Horror in Homs Channel 4 News Agnieszka Liggett, "Mani", Jonathan Miller, Nevine Mabro, Teresa Smith Undercover in Homs BBC Newsnight Sue Lloyd-Roberts,Amanda Gunn Judges: Mike Blakemore, Lyse Doucet, Julie Etchingham, Tim Miller, Mike Radford
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References
External links Amnesty International UK (AIUK) website Amnesty International UK Media Awards at the AIUK Website Amnesty International Website