Prestigious award wins for Channel 4 News and Current Affairs

Last night at the Amnesty Awards there were wins for Channel 4 in the Documentaries and TV News categories.  

Escape from ISIS, a Channel Dispatches, received the top prize in the documentary field.  The film features exclusive covert footage, shot by an activist cell inside the so-called Islamic State and exposes the brutal regime suffered by millions of women living under ISIS - and the extraordinary story of a secret underground network trying to save them.

Jackie Long and Channel 4 News were awarded for Inside Yarl’s Wood: Britain’s most notorious detention centre.    The investigation included secret filming inside the facility, revealing damning evidence of degrading treatment of migrant detainees.  

At the prestigious Foreign Press Association Media Awards on Tuesday night, Channel 4 took home the two broadcast journalism awards. 

Escape from ISIS took home the TV Feature Story of the Year award.  

While Ramita Navai and Channel 4 News had success in the TV News Story of the Year category for a powerful investigation tracking down Macedonia's migrant kidnap gang.

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