Leading Turkish journalist Ahmet Sik has been named as the winner of the UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize 2014. The award will be made during the conference marking World Press Freedom Day in Paris on 5-6 March. Ahmet Sik is well-known as a campaigner against corruption and human rights abuses. He spent one year in pre-trial detention in a Turkish jail on account of his writings before his release in 2012.
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