PAST AWARD WINNERS
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2006 Awards
International Press Freedom Awards
Abeer Al-Askary, Egypt
Hollman Morris, Colombia
Hayat Ullah Khan, Pakistan

THE 2006 Vox Libera AWARD WINNER
Alan Borovoy

2005 Awards
International Press Freedom Awards
Alagi Yorro Jallow, Gambia
Mykola Veresen, Ukraine

THE 2005 Vox Libera AWARD WINNER
Marlys Edwardh

2004 Awards
International Press Freedom Awards
The Daily News, Zimbabwe
Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisia

CJFE Tara Singh Hayer Memorial Award
Guy André Kieffer

2003 Awards
International Press Freedom Awards
Xu Wei, China
Luis Alberto Perez Barillas, Guatemala

CJFE Tara Singh Hayer Memorial Award
Zahra Kazemi

2002 Awards

Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham, flanked by Lira Bayseitobva and Mohamed Elmi

International Press Freedom Awards
Lira Bayseitova, Kazakhstan
Mohamed Elmi, Somalia

2001 Awards

Governor General Adrienne Clarkson flanked by Dali Myo Myint Nyein, daughter of Myo Myint Nyein, and Dodojon Atovulloev

International Press Freedom Awards
Dodojon Atovulloev, Tajikistan
Myo Myint Nyein, Burma

2000 Awards

Journalists Michel Auger, Jineth Bedoya and Dave Hayer, son of the late Tara Singh Hayer.

International Press Freedom Awards
Akbar Ganji, Iran
Jineth Bedoya Lima, Colombia

CJFE Tara Singh Hayer Memorial Award
Michel Auger

1999 Awards

The Honourable Madame Justice Louise Arbour speaks with 1999 International Press Freedom Award winners Ray Choto (l) and Mark Chavunduka of Zimbabwe.

International Press Freedom Awards
Mark Chavunduka and Raymond Choto, Zimbabwe
Zafaryab Ahmed, Pakistan
Jesús Barraza Zavala, Mexico

CJFE Tara Singh Hayer Memorial Award
- On November 18, 1998, only a week before the inaugural CJFE Press Freedom Awards, Tara Singh Hayer, editor of the Indo-Canadian Times and recipient of the Order of Canada, was assassinated in the garage of his Surrey, British Columbia home. It was the second attempt on his life, the first having left Mr Hayer partially paralysed. The murder, the first of a Canadian journalist this century, shocked the community with the realization that freedom of expression issues are not only a problem outside our borders. The Indo-Canadian Times continues to publish, led by an editorial board that includes Dave Hayer, son of the former editor.

- The CJFE Canadian Press Freedom Award was renamed in honour of Mr Hayer.

1998 Awards

Former CJFE Executive Director Wayne Sharpe is flanked by journalist and writer U Win Pe (l), who accepted the 1998 International Press Freedom Award on behalf of San San Nwe, and Babfemi Ojudu of Nigeria.

International Press Freedom Awards
Bayo Onanuga, Nigeria
Babfemi Ojudu, Nigeria
San San Nwe, Burma

CJFE Canadian Press Freedom Award
Paul Kaihla

CJFE Student Press Freedom Award
Judy Trinh