Imprisoned Iranian Journalists Honored with World Press Freedom Prize.

Two female journalists, Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who helped break the story of Mahsa Amini's death in custody last September, have been detained in Iran for more than 200 days. They were awarded the 2023 Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize by the United Nations' cultural agency, Unesco. The Islamic regime controls much of the country's media, while journalists and independent news outlets are under intense pressure. Access to the internet is also frequently cut off. According to Reporters Without Borders, journalists in Iran "are constantly persecuted by means of arbitrary arrests and very heavy sentences handed down after grossly unfair trials before revolutionary courts".