UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

Created in 1997, the annual UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize honours a person, organization or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the defence and, or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, and especially when this has been achieved in the face of danger.

The Prize was established on the initiative of UNESCO's Executive Board and is formally conferred by the Director-General of the Organization, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, on 3 May.

It is named in honour of Guillermo Cano Isaza, a Colombian journalist who was assassinated in front of the offices of his newspaper El Espectador in Bogotá, Colombia on 17 December 1986.
 

UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2018

Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, has been selected as the laureate of the 2018 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize.
 

Twentieth Anniversary of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

Created in 1997, the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize commemorates its twentieth anniversary in 2017. As part of this celebration, the commemorative video was launched on 3 May and the series 20 quotes for Press Freedom published one quote each day for the 20 days ahead for World Press Freedom Day 2017.
 

Sponsors

The UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize is supported by:

Guillermo Cano Isaza Foundation

Helsingin Sanomat Foundation

Namibia Media Trust (NMT)