Yahoo – AFP,
11 Oct 2014
AFP
photographer Mohammed al-Shaikh covering a political demonstration
in Sanabis,
west of Manama, on February 16, 2013 (AFP Photo)
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Bayeux
(France) (AFP) - AFP photographer Mohammed Al-Shaikh and the BBC's Lyse Doucet
were among the winners at the annual Bayeux-Calvados awards for war
correspondents announced on Saturday in Bayeux, northwestern France.
Three of
the seven prizes went to coverage of the conflict in Syria, where a devastating
civil war has raged for the past three and a half years.
The
international jury, chaired by US veteran foreign correspondent Jon Randal,
awarded the first prize in the photo category to AFP's Al-Shaikh for a series
of striking images covering violent demonstrations in Bahrain, which began in
2011.
In the
written press category, The Times' Anthony Loyd -- who was beaten and shot at
by rebels in Syria -- won top honours for his work highlighting the dangers of
reporting from the country.
Doucet, a
veteran BBC News correspondent, took the television category for her reports
from Yarmouk, a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, which became a symbol of
suffering in Syria.
The
long-format television award went to Marcel Mettelsiefen for a report out of
Syria for Arte.
In the
radio category, jurors rewarded Olivier Poujade from France Inter for his
coverage of the French military intervention in the strife-torn Central African
Republic.
Alexey
Furman took the young reporter's prize for his photographs of the crisis in Ukraine.
A report
out of Chechnya entitled "Grozny: nine cities", was picked as the
best online journalism piece. The win was shared by Gerald Holubowicz, Olga
Kravets, Maria Morina, Oksana Yushko, Anna Shpakova, Mediapart and Polka
Magainze Chewbahat Storytelling Lab.
AFP's Manama-born Al-Shaikh, an engineering graduate, said it was "a big honour" to win the photo prize for the coverage of the unrest in his home country.
AFP's Manama-born Al-Shaikh, an engineering graduate, said it was "a big honour" to win the photo prize for the coverage of the unrest in his home country.
"There was huge interest for pictures showing the protests in Bahrain, especially in the two years" that followed the first demonstration, he told AFP.
"But
life in Bahrain does not stop there. Unfortunately the protest movement
eclipsed everything else: people's everyday lives, society at large. I think
there is now room to work on new topics."
AFP
chairman Emmanuel Hoog praised the photographer's dedication.
"This
prestigious award recognizes the long-term work of a photographer who, with
great talent and professionalism, continues to be the witness of events which
have shaken the Arab world since 2011," he said.
Created in
1994, the Bayeux-Calvados awards recognise reporting on conflicts and their
impact on civilians as well as stories covering the defence of freedom and
democracy.
Earlier
this week, on the sidelines of the 21st edition of the awards, hundreds turned
out for the unveiling of a memorial in honour of the 113 journalists killed
over the past year.
Among those
at the ceremony were the parents of US reporter James Foley, who was beheaded
by Islamic State militants in August.
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