Best international reporting in a print medium dealing with human rights
AWARD DATE: 2000
AWARD NAME: The Joe and Laurie Dine Award 2000
AWARD RECIPIENT: Cameron W. Barr
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: The Christian Science Monitor
AWARD HONORED WORK: “Battalion 745: A Brutal Exit”
This outstanding investigative series documents the brutal last days of Indonesian Army Battalion 745 as it withdrew from East Timor, leaving 21 people dead, including Monitor contributor Sander Thoenes. Barr painstakingly exposes the devastating impact of the carnage. But while a U. N. prosecutor is scrutinizing the battalion’s conduct, none of its soldiers has yet faced justice.
Citation for Excellence:
Miriam Jordan
The Wall Street Journal
“Brief Lives: Saving the Newborn of India”