For the 25th time, the Management Board of the Polish Journalist Association (SDP) awarded its SDP and SDP Laurel prizes. Among this year’s laureates was the Casimir Pulaski Foundation expert Witold Repetowicz, who received the Kazimierz Dziewanowski prize for his “Malaise and hope” and Syria reportage (Polish Press Agency English News Service).

The Freedom of Speech Prize, awarded for publishing materials in defence of democracy, rule of law, and those revealing power abuse, corruption, as well as human, civil and political rights violations were awarded to Michał Król and Maciej Grabys for their “Forgotten persecuted – Free Asia Bibi” reportage, and priest Roman Sikoń and Michał Król for the “Prayer for Peace” film.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Witold, and wish him further successes.