
Ceremony of awarding prestigious Gerd Bucerius Prize "Free Press of Eastern Europe" over 2012 year took place in Oslo on Thursday.
Among the winners of the prize is a group of journalists from the countries of the former Soviet Union, including two representatives of Azerbaijan - the Institute for Reporter Freedom and Safety (IRFS) Mehman Huseynov and employee of the Azerbaijani service of "Radio Liberty", Takhmina Tagizadeh.
The jury noted that, they won the award for the selfless coverage of serious problems as corruption and human rights violations in Azerbaijan.
Huseynov could not attend the ceremony due to the ban of the authorities to leave the country because of the criminal case against him, which, according to human rights activists, was fabricated, and is politically motivated.
Instead Huseynov, the prize was awarded to his mother, Firangiz Huseynova, according to Turan special correspondent from Oslo.
Norway's State Secretary Gry Larsen welcomed the journalist's mother, criticized the Azerbaijani authorities for not permitting Huseynov to take part in the award ceremony.
Gerd Bucerius Prize was established by the German Foundation «ZEIT» and the Norwegian Foundation for «Fritt Ord»; it is annually awarded to journalists and the media for independent reporting, freedom of expression and the media.
The first among the Azerbaijani media to receive the Gerd Bucerius award was Turan News Agency in 2007.
Subsequently, the winners became a columnist of " Zerkalo" Rauf Mirkadyrov, investigative journalist, Shahveled Chobanoglu, the newspaper "Azadlig", an employee of the newspaper "Bizim Yol" Natiq Cavadli, Internet TV ANTV-online, columnist of the newspaper "Yeni Musavat", Haji Zaamin, an employee of the Azerbaijani service of "Radio Liberty", Khadija Ismaylova. –02C--
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