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, who was killed while reporting on the siege of the Moscow White House in 1993.Juliet Peck
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, in order to provide support and help to freelancers. The Rory Peck Trust is now an internationally recognized organization that supports freelancers' rights and enables them to work safely.

Recent recipients

2010

* Roger Arnold, Red Shirts Protest, Rory Peck Award for News * Najibullah Quraishi, Behind Enemy Lines, Rory Peck Award for Features * Nick Read, The Slumdog Children of Mumbai, Sony Professional Impact Award * Arturo Perez, Martin Adler Prize

2011

* Ahmed Bahaddou, Rebels in Western Libya, Rory Peck Award for News * Abdallah Omeish, Libya: Through the Fire, Rory Peck Award for Features * Jezza Neumann, Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children, Sony Professional Impact Award * Suliman Ali Sway & Osama Alfitori, Martin Adler Prize

2012

* Mani, Horror in Homs, Rory Peck Award for News * Alberto Arce & Ricardo Villanova, Misrata: Victory or Death, Rory Peck Award for Features * Daniel Bogado, Terror in Sudan, Sony Professional Impact Award * Al Mughira Al Sharif & Ghassan Ibraheem, Martin Adler Prize

2013

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, Ground Zero Mali: The Battle of Gao, Rory Peck Award for News * Olly Lambert, Syria: Across the Lines, Rory Peck Award for Features * Soumen Guha and Dipak Chandra Sutradhar, Hazaribagh: Toxic Leather, Sony Impact Award * Idrak Abbasov, Martin Adler Prize

2014

* Pacóme Pabandji, ''CAR: Descent Into Chaos'', Rory Peck Award for News.Pacôme Pabandji (Central African Republic)
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. Accessed 9 December 2014. * Team Mindeulle (Kim Dong-Cheul and Lee Hoon and others), ''North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State'', Rory Peck Award for Features. * Ben Steele, ''Hunted'', Sony Impact Award. * Khaled Abu Ghali, Martin Adler Prize.

2015

* Zein Al-Rifai, ''Aleppo: Life in Ruins'', Rory Peck Award for News. * Zmnako Ismael, ''On the Road with Yazidis Fleeing Islamic State'', Rory Peck Award for News Features. * Haider Ali, ''Pakistan’s Hidden Shame'', Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs. * Hassan Ashwor, Martin Adler Prize.

2016

* Will Vassilopoulos, ''Fear and Desperation: Refugees and Migrants Pour into Greece'', Rory Peck Award for News. * Marco Salustro, ''Libya's Migrant Trade: Europe or Die'', Rory Peck Award for News Features. * Marcel Mettelsiefen, ''Children on the Frontline: The Escape'', Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs. * Angel Istek Alcu, Martin Adler Prize.

2017

* Waad Al Kateab, ''Inside Aleppo: The Last Hospital'' Rory Peck Award for News * Olivier Sarbil, ''Battle for Mosul'', Rory Peck Award for News Features. * Siraj Al Deen Al Omar, Mojahed Abo Al Jood, Basim Ayyoubi and Ahmad Hashisho, ''Goodbye Aleppo'', Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs. * Minzayar Oo, Martin Adler Prize.

2018

* Mikel Konate, ''Rescue Mission in the Mediterranean Sea'', Rory Peck Award for News. * Roopa Gogineni, ''The Rebel Puppeteers of Sudan'', Rory Peck Award for News Features. *

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and Darin Prindle, ''White Right: Meeting the Enemy'', Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs. *

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, Martin Adler Prize.

2019

* Luis Sequeira, ''Makeshift mortars vs bare bullets as Nicaragua resists an authoritarian regime'', Rory Peck Award for News. * Peter Murimi, ''Suicide Stories: Are Kenya’s Men in Crisis?'', Rory Peck Award for News Features. * Martin Boudot and Mathias Denizo, ''Paraguay: Poisoned Fields'', Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs. * Mais Al-Bayaa, Martin Adler Prize.

2020

* Guillermo Galdos, ''Poor forced to collect Covid corpses for work in Peru'', Rory Peck Award for News. * Ramon Campos & Alejandro Bernal, ''In Enemy Territory'', Rory Peck Award for News Features. * Sasha Joelle Achilli, ''Italy’s Frontline: A Doctor’s Diary'', Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs. *

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