Consortium News Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria presented the 2020 Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award to WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson on behalf of Julian Assange after a rally for Assange in Parliament Square in London.

Consortium News has presented the 2020 Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award to Kristinn Hrafnsson, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief, following a march and rally at Parliament Square in London on Saturday.

The award reads: “For bravery in the face of a grave threat to Freedom of the Press and for journalistic accomplishments in revealing crimes of the state.”

You can watch the presentation here: