Five journalists honored

Five journalists honored

NEW YORK (AP): A correspondent under arrest in Eritrea and a longtime crusader for press freedom in Indonesia are among five journalists honored by the Committee to Protect Journalists this year.

The committee announced on Sunday that recipients of the eighth annual International Press Freedom Awards will be Ruth Simon of Eritrea, Goenawan Mohamad of Indonesia, Gremah Boucar of Niger, Gustavo Gorriti of Panama and Pavel Sheremet of Belarus.

"These journalists put their freedom and their lives on the line to report the news," said Gene Roberts, the committee's chairman. The nonprofit organization will present the awards at a ceremony in New York on Nov. 24.

Goenawan founded the independent weekly Tempo in 1971. The magazine was shut down as part of a clampdown by President Soeharto in 1994, but relaunched on Oct. 6 after the president's resignation.