Five "defenders of free speech", including a blind Chinese lawyer and a jailed Egyptian blogger, have been honoured at a London awards ceremony.
The annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards salute people who have contributed to the defence of freedom of expression.
They are given to those who use film, the law, books, journalism, campaigning or whistleblowing to achieve this.
The awards' organisers said each winner was symbolic of under-reported stories.
The 2007 award for journalism went to 22-year old blogger Abdel Kareem Soliman, who wrote under the name Kareem Amer. He was recently sentenced to four years in prison after using his web log to criticise the country's top Islamic institution, al-Azhar university, and President Hosni Mubarak, whom he called a dictator.
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The annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards salute people who have contributed to the defence of freedom of expression.
They are given to those who use film, the law, books, journalism, campaigning or whistleblowing to achieve this.
The awards' organisers said each winner was symbolic of under-reported stories.
The 2007 award for journalism went to 22-year old blogger Abdel Kareem Soliman, who wrote under the name Kareem Amer. He was recently sentenced to four years in prison after using his web log to criticise the country's top Islamic institution, al-Azhar university, and President Hosni Mubarak, whom he called a dictator.
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