Ananya Bhardwaj, who received the award for her coverage of this year's Manipur ethnic violence, calls the assignment among her 'most challenging', because of language barrier & lack of access.
Siddiqui, 38, was killed when he was on assignment in Afghanistan last year. He won the award along with Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo and Amit Dave from Reuters news agency.
Talking about the horrific torture Danish faced, the photojournalist's parents said they have urged the International Criminal Court to investigate his death 'on priority'.
Clashes erupted on Republic Day during a farmers' tractor rally in Delhi. Later in the year, the farmers’ protest ended with government repealing the farm laws.
Internal investigation into Danish Siddiqui's death reveals Reuters South Asia editors were unaware of his embedding with Afghan forces, also finds that Siddiqui was mistakenly left behind by soldiers in Spin Boldak.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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