Cyril Almeida won IPI’s award 2019
CONTEXT:
- Dawn editor and Columnist Cyril Almeida from Pakistan won the IPI’s (International Press Institute) World Press Freedom Hero award in 2019.
- He was awarded for his critical and tenacious coverage of the civil-military relations in Pakistan.
- Mada Masr, an Egyptian news site, has won Free Media Pioneer Award 2019 of the IPI and International Media Support (IMS).