Sydney Peace Foundation to Honour John Pilger

Sydney Peace Prize laureate 2009 John Pilger is internationally known for his uncompromising reporting on human rights abuses and his criticism of dubious governments’ policies. As a journalist he made speaking up against the peddling of Western influence and the oppression of minorities his business. It is most fitting that he be honoured by receiving this distinction.

Amongst other things, Pilger’s work has dealt with Western engagement in Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, East Timor, Cambodia and the humiliation of Aboriginal people in Australia.

"No other filmmaker has consistently exposed the reality of Western governments’ policies”, comments Historian Mark Curtis.

Pilger acts as a mouthpiece for the powerless to be heard and has helped raise the political consciousness of many.

NATO Air Strike Leads to Restructured Western Alliance

Eight years after 9/11, a war that started as a swift counterattack has turned out to be a long-term muddy mission.

The death toll is at a high since the start of the war 2001. The United Nations-backed election commission found "clear and convincing evidence of fraud" in Afghanistan’s presidential elections and the Taliban keep attacking NATO forces and gaining influence at the frontier regions of nuclear power Pakistan.