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Claim 770

Pavel Sheremet was named a CPJ International Press Freedom awardee in 1998.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: Pavel Sheremet was named a CPJ International Press Freedom awardee in 1998.
Field: status
Value: Sheremet named 1998 CPJ press freedom awardee
About: incident 1997-by-sheremet-imprisoned-for-ort-reporting
Source: Remembering Pavel Sheremet, IPFA honoree, friend to CPJ, and hard-nosed journalist
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2016-07

Quotation from the source

Pavel Sheremet, who died yesterday when a bomb blew up the car he was driving in Kiev, was a CPJ International Press Freedom awardee in 1998.