A BBC Scotland TV programme has been shortlisted in this year's Amnesty International UK‘s Media Awards.
An edition of ‘Europa’ – Bosnia Rape Cases – has been nominated in the Nations and Regions category of the awards which, says the charity “recognise excellence in human rights reporting and acknowledge journalism’s significant contribution to the UK public’s awareness and understanding of human rights issues”.
Also shortlisted is former Scotsman writer, Dan McDougall. His Cries from the Beloved Country, for the Sunday Times magazine, has been shortlisted in the Magazine/Newspaper Supplements section.
The winners are to be announced at a ceremony at the British Film Institute on the 24th of this month. BBC Scotland and McDougall are each up against two rivals.
Shortlists have been announced in ten categories, covering print, broadcast and online journalism. Additionally, the Gaby Radio Memorial Award will be made to a journalist who has been covering human rights issues for less than five years and for the first time a student award will be made.
In a statement issued by Amnesty International, its UK media director, Mike Blakemore, is quoted, saying: “This year’s shortlist is amazingly strong, which is fantastic to see in our 20th anniversary year, and a clear sign that a culture of superlative human rights journalism is alive and well in this country.”
The shortlist reads:
Digital Media
Iraq War Logs – Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Middle East Protests – Guardian Live Blog
PakistanDrone Warfare – Channel 4
Gaby Radio Memorial Award
Bloody and Bruised in the Back of a Truck (and others) – The Guardian
Horror at the Hands of the Healers (and others) – Eastern Eye
Opium Babies (and others) – CNN
International Television & Radio
Assignment: Politics in Rwanda – BBC World Service
Hardtalk on the Road in Sri Lanka – BBC World Service
World’s Untold Stories: Locked up and Forgotten – CNN International
Magazines – Consumer
If This Girl was Raped by Soldiers … – Marie Claire
The Lost Boys – GQ Magazine
Magazine – Newspaper Supplements
Cries from the Beloved Country – The Sunday Times Magazine
Haiti: What Happened Next – The Observer: The New Review
Handle With Care, Guardian Weekend Magazine
National Newspaper
Deadly Lure of US Leaves Trail Across Two Continents – The Guardian
One Woman’s Silent Quest For Peace – The Independent
The Honour Killing Files – The Independent
Nations and Regions
Bloody Sunday, The Irish Times and The Belfast Telegraph
Europa: Bosnia Rape Cases – BBC Scotland
Gangmaster Firm in Fight for Licence – Southport Visiter/Southport News
Photojournalism
If This Girl was Raped by Soldiers … – Marie Claire
Kenya’s Nubians: Then and Now – HOST Gallery
Miners Slave for Gold in Mud and Poison – The Sunday Times
Radio
Bagram Airbase – BBC Radio 4
File On 4: Domestic Slaves – BBC Radio 4
In the Wake of the LRA – BBC Radio 4 Today Programme
Newsbeat in Pakistan – BBC Radio 1
Student Award
A Murky Business – The Cambridge Student
Kenyan Refugees: Robbed of What Little They Have – Felix: IC’s Weekly Student Newspaper
Sex Trafficking: A Family Affair – VERITA Magazine
Television Documentary and Docudrama
The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan – More 4 True Stories
The Lost Girls of South Africa – Channel 4 Dispatches
Women, Weddings, War and Me – BBC3
Television News
Afghanistan: Taliban Stoning – BBC News
Investigating The Possibility of War Crimes in Sri Lanka – Channel 4 News
Reporting on Mass Rape in the Congo – Channel 4 News
