Truthseeker: Mutita at the ‘Prachatai’ office in Bangkok. Her work has proven to be a key source of information on ‘lese majeste’ cases in Thailand. — AFP
HONG KONG: Thai journalist Mutita Chuachang has been awarded the 2015 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize for her powerful and persistent reporting of royal defamation cases that have multiplied under the country’s military rulers.
The prize honours journalists working in difficult conditions in Asia, and is named after a crusading AFP reporter who died in 2007 at the age of 64 after a prolific career covering wars and other historic events.
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