Liliane Pierre-Paul, Haiti

Because of her reporting, Pierre-Paul's movement in Haiti was curtailed, she was prohibited from entering certain government buildings, and was imprisoned for her views on government, but she refused to be silenced. However, her relentless efforts to expose social problems and injustice forced her into a six-year exile in Venezuela and Curaçao. During that time, two of her brothers were arrested, and she herself faced numerous death threats. Even after eventually returning to her native Haiti, Pierre-Paul was again forced into hiding because she was on a hit list.

After receiving her award, Pierre-Paul co-founded a new radio station, Radio Kiskeya, because the manager of Radio Haiti International "did not appreciate the award." She serves as vice-president and programming director of Radio Kiskeya and focuses her reporting on women's issues. Of life now, Pierre-Paul says, "although Haiti has gone through extraordinary changes over the past few years, there are still problems for newspaper journalists. But the trend is toward a new democracy, and with that there is hope."