Ten award-winners for AFP, at the June 9th, 2011, “The best of photojournalism”, NPPA Awards

Jay Directo is 3rd in the « International News » category for his picture of children searching for objects to sell in Manila in August 2011.

Manpreet Romana receives the honorable mention in the « International News » category for the picture of this child crying during his father’s funeral, who died when their apartment building collapsed in New Dehli on November 15th, 2010.

Meet AFP at Sportel Monaco

Sportel Monaco is the must –attend convention for sports marketing and media industry leaders, where decision-makers exchange expertise and where the business of sport is celebrated.

AFP lensman freed after arrest at Istanbul Pride march

After being released from the Istanbul police headquarters, award-winning photogapher Bulent Kilic said he had filed a "violent arrest" complaint against the police who pinned him to the ground and pushed their legs into his neck and back during the arrest. AFP management protested against the 'violent arrest' of Kilic "while he was only doing his job as a journalist". The Turkish branch of campaign group Reporters Without Borders also condemned his arrest.

AFP attended the Inter American Press Association / IAPA’s 78th General Assembly

Created in 1942, the Inter American Press Association (in Spanish: Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa, SIP) is a press advocacy group representing major media organizations in North America, South America and the Caribbean. It is made up of more than 1,300 print publications throughout the Western Hemisphere and is based in Miami, Florida.

AFP was present for this General Assembly as a proud partner and sponsor of the IAPA, but also as a media that covers the American continent.

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