Gwangju City Council Invites 'Hintzpeter International Press Award Winner'

Chairperson Shin Su-jeong: "Grateful for the Courage for Democracy, Human Rights, and Peace"

On the 8th, the Gwangju City Council invited the recipients of the '2024 Hintzpeter International Reporting Award' to the Open Citizen Hall within the council, offering congratulatory remarks and expressing gratitude for their dedicated journalistic spirit and courage. Photo by Gwangju City Council

On the 8th, the Gwangju Metropolitan Council held a congratulatory and encouraging event by inviting the recipients of the 2024 'Hinzpeter International Reporting Award' at the Council's Open Citizens Hall.

At the event, Chairperson Shin Su-jeong, Vice Chairperson Chae Eun-ji, and Administrative and Autonomy Committee Chairperson Ahn Pyeong-hwan represented the council, and about ten people attended, including the Grand Prize winner Sala Al Hau, News Award winner Yusef Hammash, Feature Award winner Nechirvan Mando, and Na Jun-young, President of the Korea Video Journalists Association.

During the meeting, the Hinzpeter International Reporting Award recipients stated, "We are honored to visit the council, the representative body of citizens, in Gwangju, a symbolic city of democracy in South Korea and a global model city for democratization movements," and added, "We ask for the continuous interest of Gwangju citizens in various cities around the world where human peace is threatened, including conflict zones."

Chairperson Shin Su-jeong said, "I express my infinite respect and admiration for the courage and efforts of video journalists who risk their lives to cover wars and democratization movements overseas with a strong journalistic spirit to protect human life, dignity, and community," and added, "Gwangju, as South Korea's representative human rights city, will strive to ensure that the historical values of democracy, peace, and human rights, won by the power of citizens through the May 18th Uprising, are sublimated into universal values worldwide."

Meanwhile, the Hinzpeter International Reporting Award was established in 2021 to honor the journalistic spirit of Hinzpeter, a journalist who revealed the truth of the May 18 Gwangju Uprising to the world. The award discovers video journalists covering democratization movements overseas and aims to spread their efforts and spirit globally. This year marks the 4th edition of the award.

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