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Detailed explanation-1: -The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) was named on Tuesday as the winner of this year’s UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the international jury’s recommendation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wa Lone and Kyo Soe is a Reuters journalist and children’s author.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) has been named as the laureate of the 2022 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the recommendation of the International Jury of media professionals.

Detailed explanation-4: -The UNESCO/ Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize was established in 1997 by UNESCO’s Executive Board in Memory of Guillermo Cano, a Colombian journalist who died in the exercise of his profession.

Detailed explanation-5: -Investigative journalist and media executive Maria Ressa of the Philippines has been named as the 2021 laureate of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the recommendation of an international jury of media professionals.