Pulitzer Prize 2021
Indian-origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan won the Pulitzer Prize 2021.
Recently Indian-origin journalists Megha Rajagopalan, Alison Killing and Chris Bruschek won the Pulitzer Prize 2021. He has been given this award for making the world aware of the detention camps built for Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang province of China.
Status of Uighurs in China
China has intensified its efforts to control Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang province. For this, China has launched a variety of programs, including sterilization of women, large-scale internships in camps, forced labor programs, extensive technical and human surveillance, etc. However, China denies all these allegations. China argues that these camps are vocational training centers needed to combat religious extremism.
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is awarded for newspapers, magazines, online journalism, literature, and music in the United States. It was established in 1917. The award is given in 21 categories. Each winner is awarded a certificate and a $15,000 prize. The award is named after Joseph Pulitzer, an American news publisher.