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 2019

UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Prize LaureateS
UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize Ceremony Gallery

NEWS
10 April 2019 - Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo to receive 2019 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize
10 December 2018 - UNESCO is seeking nominations for UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2019
Sponsors
The UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize is supported by:
Guillermo Cano Isaza Foundation