Three Kashmiri photographers who showed the atrocities of the Indian Army in occupied Kashmir to the world, regardless of their lives, won the highest award in journalism. Three photographers, Chini Anand, Mukhtar Khan and Dar Yasin, affiliated with the Associated Press (AP), won the highest journalistic award, the Pulitzer Prize.
The three photographers were awarded the award for portraying the inhumane atrocities perpetrated by the Indian Army in occupied Kashmir in pictorial form. The Pulitzer Prize is America’s most prestigious journalism award, given annually in a variety of categories in journalism and TV drama.
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The Lutzer Award is given in a total of 23 categories in the fields of journalism and TV drama and the three Kashmiri photographers were given awards in the feature photography category of journalism.
All the three photographers were given the same award in total and the money received in the award will be equally distributed among the three photographers in total.
The Pulitzer Prize ceremony was held online and the winners were awarded virtual prizes, but the company will distribute prizes and money to all winners. The three photographers were honored for exposing the atrocities perpetrated on unarmed Kashmiris by the Indian Army during a curfew imposed by the Indian government in Kashmir last year. The three photographers, despite the strict curfew and the public outcry, unwittingly hid their cameras and waited for hours for a picture, brought to light images of Indian atrocities that shocked the world.
The three photographers took dozens of photos and were awarded for their features published by the company.
In addition to Kashmiri photographers, a total of 23 categories were awarded the Pulitzer Prize and Reuters received awards in the field of breaking news photography. Reuters received the award for bringing to light images taken during the protests in Hong Kong. The New York Times and the Washington Post also received joint awards in the public service categories, and the two organizations won awards in other categories.
The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal were jointly awarded the investigative reporting award. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Books also went to Colson Whitehead, an American writer in the fiction category, who won the award for the second time and is the fourth author overall to receive the award for the second time.
The Plutzer Academy also presented a special award to Eda B. Wells, a well-known investigative female journalist, and will provide her with 50,000 dollars. Eddie B. Wells, who died in 1931, did investigative reporting on other important topics in the United States, including the black slave trade and racial discrimination against blacks.
