06/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - The “Samir Sassir Prize for Freedom of the Press” was set up to commemorate the Lebanese journalist assassinated two years ago and is funded by the European Union. On 2 June in Beirut, the 2007 prize was awarded to the winners in a ceremony attended by EU diplomats. Ahmed Reda Benchemsi, a Moroccan journalist for the Moroccan weekly TELQUEL, was awarded the prize for his article, “the Cult of Personality” (published on 29 July 2006). A second prize was...