Gauri Lankesh has been honoured posthumously with the Anna Politkovskaya Award.
- She was a journalist and social activist.
- She was shot dead on September 5 2017.
- Anna Politkovskaya Award is instituted by Reach All Women (RAW) in War.
- A brave Pakistani activist Gulalai Ismaial was also awarded with the same award for her spirit to fight against Islamic extremisim.
- Gulalai also faced death threats for pointing out Taliban in North-west Pakistan.
- , who similarly is fighting against Islamic extremism. Ms. Ismail has faced the death threats for speaking out against the Taliban in north-west Pakistan.
- Gauri is the 12th woman to receive this prestigious award.
- On September 17, Gauri was awarded with Periyar Award posthumously by the Thinkers Forum
About Anna Politkovskaya Award
- Anna Politkovskaya was a Russian journalist.
- She was killed in 2006 in Moscow for her courage to speak out on behalf of the suffering of the civilians in the war in Chechnya
