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Al-Monitor wins Free Media Pioneer Award

Al-Monitor received the award at the International Press Institute's 2014 World Congress in Cape Town.
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CAPE TOWN — Iranian journalist Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, the International Press Institute’s newest World Press Freedom Hero, called publicly on his country’s government to unconditionally release the 48 journalists it holds behind bars.

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