Twenty years after the Windhoek Declaration on press freedom

Section 1: Freedom
Anton Hammerl, at <strong>the</strong> time working for <strong>the</strong> Saturday Star, won a Mondi Shanduka
Nib for taking <strong>the</strong> top award for news photography in <strong>the</strong> 1996 Mondi Shanduka
Newspaper Journalism Awards. The judges said he was a clear winner for <strong>the</strong>
series, titled “Mugger meets his match”. The sequence had all <strong>the</strong> qualities of a
great news photograph – dramatic, action-packed, and well-composed.
In <strong>the</strong> same competition he also won
a commendation in <strong>the</strong> feature photography
category, for his portrayal
of a priest turned warlord in nor<strong>the</strong>rn
Uganda. The judges wrote: “This
is a powerful depiction of a man
caught up in his past, as evidenced
by his face, arrogant pose and backdrop
of biblical scenes.” Taken in
Gulu, one of <strong>the</strong> largest towns in <strong>the</strong>
north of Uganda, former warlord
Ray Adire was persuaded to pose for
this photo. He was once a priest, but
was abducted to serve in <strong>the</strong> Lord’s
Resistance Army. He rose up to be
a commander in <strong>the</strong> rebel group
before becoming disillusioned and
surrendering to Ugandan soldiers,
one of whom stands behind him.
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