Question: Which Indian journalist was selected for the Anna Politkovskaya Prize for the Year 2017?
(a) Arfa Khanam Sherwani
(b) Barkha Dutt
(c) Neerja Chaudhary
(d) Gauri Lankesh
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:
- On October 5, 2017, Gauri Lankesh was posthumously selected for the Anna Politkovskaya Prize for the year 2017.
- Along with her, 31-year-old Pakistani peace activistGualalai Ismail was elected as co-winner.
- This award is given by the UK-based organization Reach All Women in War (RAW in War) since 2007, to mark the anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya and to honour her and the women like her in the world.
- Anna Politkovskaya was a Russian investigative journalist who was killed in 2006 in Moscow for her courage to speak out against the human rights violations and exposing corruption in Chechnya.
- On September 6, 2017, Kannadajournalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead at his house in Bangalore.
- Gauri became the first Indian woman journalist to win this award.
Reference:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/gauri-lankesh-becomes-first-indian-journalist-to-win-anna-politkovskaya-award/story-JC3APi30op5wAPGDVlypFM.html
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/gauri-lankesh-posthumously-honoured-with-anna-politkovskaya-award/article19802238.ece
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/gauri-lankesh-wins-anna-politkovskaya-award/1/1064518.html