Bayeux (France) (AFP)

The Bayeux War Correspondents Prize was awarded on Saturday to reports for Le Monde en texte, The Washington Post in photo, RFI on radio, BBC on television and Arte on large-format television.

The award-winning reports focus on Syria in print and large-format television (7 to 30 minutes, editor's note), on Afghanistan in photos and on the radio, and on Uyghurs on television.

According to the president of the jury, Ed Vulliamy, the major reporter who presides over this 27th edition, the best report in any category is that of Arte Reportage which wins the prize in the "large format TV" category.

"Syria, in the Idlib trap", signed Suzanne Allant, Yamaan Khatib and Fadi Al-Halabi, speaks of the four million displaced civilians coming from former opposition strongholds, and stranded in this region of North West of Syria between the closed border and the attacks of the Syrian regime and its Russian ally.

The second best report in any category, according to Ed Vulliamy, is the BBC one by John Sudworth and Wang Xiping entitled "The Uyghur Families", which won the award in television.

In photo, the international jury prize goes to "The Longer War", a report on the Taliban in Afghanistan by Lorenzo Tugnoli, of the Italian agency Contrasto for The Washington Post.

In the written press, the prize is awarded to Allan Kaval of the French daily Le Monde for "In northeastern Syria, the slow death of jihadist prisoners".

This report also won the West-France written press award.

On radio, he returns to Sonia Ghezali and Wahlah Shahzaïb of Radio France International (RFI) for "Afghanistan: after the attack on the MSF maternity hospital".

The Audience Award went to AFP's Anthony Wallace for a photo report titled "Hong Kong, a People's Revolt".

This report also won the 2nd prize from the international jury.

The young reporter award goes to Anas Alkharboutli of DPA for "The war in Syria".

"Yemen: a forced march" by Olivier Jobard, from Magnéto Presse for Arte / France 24, wins the video image prize.

In total, fifty reports were in competition.

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