Reporters without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday named jailed Myanmar journalist Win Tin Journalist of the Year, the group announced.

In addition, the 35-member RSF jury also bestowed prizes on the Russian newspaper Nowaja Gaseta, the Congolese organization Journalist in Danger and the Cuban cyper-dissident Guillermo Farinas Hernandez.

The 76-year-old Win Tin was sentenced in 1989 to 20 years in prison on charges of subversion and anti-regime propaganda. Despite horrific prison conditions and chronic health problems, he has resisted demands to renounce the pro-democracy organization National League for Democracy.

Win Tin’s award was accepted by his niece, Thinn Thiri.

Nowaja Gaseta, which is published twice weekly, was honoured for reporting on issues considered tabu in Russia, such as government corruption and human rights violations. The assassinated journalist Anna Politkowskaja was a member of its staff when she was killed.

Farinas Hernandez, the director of the independent agency Cubanacan Press, was distinguished for his struggle to make access to the internet accessible to everyone. His prize was accepted by the Cuban writer Eduardo Manet.

RSF honoured Journalist in Danger, which is based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for its work for liberty of the press in Africa.