The Nieman class of 1994 honored Abdelhamid Benzine, editor of the independent daily newspaper Alger Republicain in Algeria, with the Lyons Award. Mr. Benzine has been fighting for a free press in his country. Pressure from the military government and from Muslim fundamentalists forced him into hiding and then into exile. His paper was forced to close in 1994.
1994 Louis Lyons Award
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