{"id":173986,"date":"2017-07-18T20:20:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T18:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scm.bz\/?p=173986"},"modified":"2017-11-21T19:17:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T17:17:11","slug":"2017-international-press-freedom-award-to-afrah-nasser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scm.bz\/en\/2017-international-press-freedom-award-to-afrah-nasser\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 International Press Freedom Award to Afrah Nasser"},"content":{"rendered":"

CPJ is honored to present its 2017 International Press Freedom Award to\u00a0Afrah Nasser<\/strong>, a Yemeni reporter and blogger living in exile in Sweden.<\/h3>\n
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(Elmeri Kauko)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Afrah Nasser, an award-winning exiled Yemeni independent reporter and blogger, reports from Sweden on human rights violations, women’s issues, and press freedom in her home country.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Nasser began contributing to the\u00a0Yemen Times\u00a0<\/i>in 2004 and worked as a reporter for the\u00a0Yemen Observer<\/i>\u00a0in 2008. In 2011, as the uprising began in Yemen, she started blogging about human rights violations and gender issues in the country.<\/p>\n

Nasser began receiving death threats in connection with her blogs and stories that were critical of the regime during the 2011 uprising in Yemen. She was also threatened by regime supporters. An April 27, 2011, story she wrote, called “Sorry I won’t let you shush me,” details the warnings she got from people to be “extra cautious” and “not say provocative stuff.” Her response: “Sorry I’m not scared to put my real name out there \/ Sorry I’m not silent \/ Sorry I’m still lifting my head high and staying strong.”<\/p>\n

In 2011, while at a training session in Sweden, Nasser decided to apply for asylum. She became a\u00a0political refugee<\/a>\u00a0in Sweden that year. From exile, she continues to report on Yemen’s political affairs as a freelance journalist.<\/p>\n

Nasser’s work has appeared in outlets including\u00a0Al-Jazeera English<\/a>,\u00a0CNN<\/a>,\u00a0The National<\/i><\/a>,\u00a0Institute for War and Peace Reporting<\/a>,\u00a0Middle East Eye<\/i><\/a>, and\u00a0The Huffington Post<\/i><\/a>. Her work can also be found on\u00a0her blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Samples of Afrah Nasser’s work<\/strong><\/div>\n