Dawit Isaak Receives Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2017
Jakarta – The peak event of the World Press Freedom Day 2017 held at Jakarta Convention Center was marked by prize-awarding ceremony of UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize and $25,000 prize.
This year, Dawit Isaak, an Eritrean journalist who later became Swedish citizen, has been selected to receive the 2017 Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. A year after Eritrea gained its independence in 1993, Dawit Isaak returned to his native country. He founded Setit, the first independent newspaper in Eritrea which
