Deadline: 15 February 2012
Do you know an individual, organisation or institution that is defending press freedom? If so, send in your nomination for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2012 by 15 February 2012. Named after Guillermo Cano Isaza, a Colombian journalist who was assassinated in 1986 after calling for drug traffickers to be brought to justice, the award especially recognises those who defend press freedom at great personal risk. The winner will receive US$25,000 at a ceremony on World Press Freedom Day in Tunis, Tunisia on 3 May 2012. Find out more
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