Dr. Christian Breitzke (German Travel Retail Association, Dr. Jennifer Thanscheidt (Imperial Tobacco) and Torsten Ehlers (Gebr. Heinemann) – pictured from left to right - attended the Reemtsma Liberty Award which was presented recently at a ceremony in Berlin.
The Liberty Award recognises committed journalists working in the media to maintain the freedom of the press.
The recipient - journalist Konrad Schuller - was honored with the Reemtsma Liberty Award for his reports from Ukraine. The decision to recognise Mr Schuller was made by a jury of prominent German journalists and media experts.
Schuller, who works for the German paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said: "My award is an encouragement for all correspondents to continue reporting in challenging environments despite all the efforts to stop them doing so.”
“The spirit of the Liberty Award matches very well with the values often experienced in Duty Free,” said Torsten Ehlers, Legal Affairs Gebr. Heinemann. “International trade brings people together. The free movement of goods is essential for economic growth,” he stated.
“The Duty Free business depends on neutral media reporting from the different markets,” added Jennifer Thanscheidt. “Duty Free is a market directly affected by the political environment and with its own political challenges. The Arab spring, for example, affected the whole market. To ensure safety for all staff working at the airports and to be able to realistically plan when to re-start a business which has been suspended because of such external factors, it is imperative that we maintain freedom of the press enabling journalists to report facts not rumors.”
March 2012
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