Tajik artist Zebo Davlatshoyeva won the third prize at the Central Asian cartoon contest “The second ancient profession”

The winners were announced in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 5 March, at a press conference dedicated to the Free Press Day. The event was organized by the Union of Kazakh Journalists, the international fund “Adil Soz” and the UNESCO cluster bureau in Almaty. The second participant from Tajikistan, Khairullo Davlatov, editor of the Bomdod weekly (Kurgan-Tube) received a rewarding certificate.

The first contest was organized and launched in 2006 by the Union of Kazakh Journalists and the international fund “Adil Soz”. Due to support of IFEX and the UNESCO cluster bureau the contest has become regional. In 2008, it was held in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Participants sent more than 200 original works in five nominations.

The winner of grand prix is Sergei Korsun from the Kazakh city of Pavlodar.
Murat Dilmanov and Nikolai Verevochkin from Almaty received the second prize. The third prize was given to Galym Smagululy, Almaty; Sergei Birkle, Kostanai; Ruslan Valitov, Bishkek; and Zebo Davlatshoyeva, Dushanbe.

NANSMIT Monitoring Service