Mauri König
| Mauri König | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Occupation | journalism |
| Known for | reporting on sex trafficking |
| Awards |
Inter-American Press Association Award (2002) CPJ International Press Freedom Award (2012) |
Mauri König is a Brazilian journalist who has won several international prizes for his work on human rights abuses. He holds a master's degree in "literary reportage".[1]
Journalism
He wrote a series of articles in 2000 and 2001 on Brazilian children being kidnapped for service in the military of Paraguay.[1] Three men, allegedly from the Paraguayan police, assaulted him on 19 December 2000 after he photographed a police station in San Alberto.[2] The attackers tortured him, whipping him with chains and strangling him, before leaving him for dead. However, König survived and continued to report on the story.[1] He won a 2002 award from the Inter-American Press Association for one of the stories in the series that appeared in O Estado de Panama.[3] König was reportedly threatened again by local police in 2003 for his research along the Brazil–Paraguay border, and was finally forced to abandon the case.[1]
Beginning in 2002, König served as a special reporter for Gazeta do Povo, a Curitiba-based daily newspaper. In 2004 and 2005, he continued to write about border sex-trafficking, and a leading trafficker was eventually arrested through König's research.[1]
Awards
In 2006, König was awarded the European Commission's Lorenzo Natali Journalism Prize,[4] which recognizes "outstanding reporting on Human Rights, Democracy and Development issues".[5] In 2012, he was awarded the International Press Freedom Award of the Committee to Protect Journalists, a US-based NGO. The award recognizes journalists who show courage in defending press freedom despite facing attacks, threats, or imprisonment.[1]
As of 2012, König was a board member of the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalists.[1]
In 2013, Mauri König was awarded the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for outstanding reporting on Latin America and the Caribbean. [6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Mauri König, Brazil". Committee to Protect Journalists. 2012. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ↑ "Evaluation of the Situation of Freedom of Expression in the Hemisphere". Organization of American States. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ↑ "Mexican journalist wins top Inter-American press award". Associated Press – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . 29 June 2002. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ↑ "Mauri König". lorenzonataliprize.eu. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ↑ "In a Nutshell". lorenzonataliprize.eu. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ↑ http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/1026-cabot-prizes-current-winners/852