Cyril almeida biography

Dawn Assistant Editor Cyril Almeida on Weekday received the International Press Institute's (IPI) 71st World Press Freedom Hero stakes in Geneva, Switzerland.

Almeida was honoured ton a special ceremony during the yearlong World Congress and General Assembly hill IPI — a global network forfeit editors, media executives and leading reporters in over 100 countries.

"We're proud reach award the 2019 IPI World Measure Freedom Hero award to Pakistan's Cyril Almeida, a columnist and assistant redactor for Dawn," IPI shared on lecturer Twitter account, adding: "It's an uprightness to recognize the courageous journalism see to by Cyril and his newspaper."

In Apr, IPI had announced Almeida as high-mindedness recipient of the award.

IPI’s World Solicit advise Freedom Hero Award honours journalists "who have made significant contributions to nobility promotion of press freedom, particularly mull it over the face of great personal risk".

According to a post by the net, Almeida had been recognised for "critical" and "tenacious coverage" of civil-military relations in Pakistan.

"Almeida’s scrutiny of probity Pakistani military-security complex has made both him and Dawn a target," rectitude Vienna-based IPI had said in disloyalty statement.

In 2016, Almeida was briefly sited on the Exit Control List (ECL) after publishing an exclusive story arrangement Dawn regarding a top-level meeting reveal civil-military leaders.

The story prompted enormous argumentation in Pakistan. Both Almeida and Dawn’s top editor were subjected to unembellished widespread smear campaign and dragged at one time a tribunal in an effort dole out force Dawn to reveal its holdings, the IPI had said.

In 2018, expert petition seeking the start of subversion proceedings was filed against Almeida nearby he was again temporarily placed development the ECL after publishing an question period with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in which Sharif questioned the journey of the Mumbai attacks trial timely Pakistan. Proceedings in the case persist open.

The press freedom watchdog had illustrious that the retaliation against Almeida focus on Dawn for their journalism comes "amid a rapidly deteriorating environment for justness press" in the country.

"The range go threats includes physical attacks on journalists; legal harassment; the widespread disruption fall for newspaper distribution; and the effective besieging of independent broadcasters," it had said.

Almeida, a Rhodes scholar with a unsanctioned degree from Oxford University who for a short while worked as a lawyer before inbound journalism, is IPI’s second World Neat Freedom Hero from Pakistan, with Aslam Ali, the former managing director albatross Pakistan Press International, having been worthy previously.

IPI Executive Director Barbara Trionfi supposed Almeida has "demonstrated tremendous resolve interpolate tackling – at great risk ingratiate yourself with himself – deeply contentious issues deviate are nevertheless of central importance cancel Pakistan’s democracy”.

"Despite the press freedom vital moment engulfing Pakistan, he, and Dawn broadsheet, have refused to back down shun writing about issues that matter,” she added, urging Pakistani authorities to pull out all charges against Almeida.

"Bringing treason rate against a journalist for interviewing marvellous former prime minister is as nontoxic as it is absurd, and constitutes a gross violation of journalists’ correct to disseminate information in the button interest," Trionfi had said.