The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) announced the winners of its ‘Voices of the Missing’ journalism competition on Monday, June 15. The competition recognizes reporting on Ukraine’s missing-persons crisis and the families searching for their loved ones. It was organized by ICMP with support from Norway through a grant from the Norwegian development agency NORAD.
The competition aims to promote journalism that highlights the human side of disappearances and efforts to determine the fate of those missing since the start of the war. A total of 53 journalistic works from across Ukraine were submitted. A jury of journalists, civil society representatives, and relatives of the missing selected the winners.
Ingrid Schøyen of the Norwegian Embassy said: ‘How a nation deals with the issue of missing persons says something about who we are as a nation.’ Among the award-winning authors was Olha Hlechyk, who told the story of a missing soldier’s mother. Her prize-winning piece is titled: ‘My Heart Told Me, That’s My Son: How a Mother from the Region Found a Missing Soldier in Captivity on Her Own.’ The story ends with a rare resolution: the missing soldier returns from captivity and is now happily married.
Source: www.kyivpost.com
