Kathmandu, April 26 -- A reportage by two Nepali journalists about widows of Nepali workers who died during the construction of facilities for the 2022 World Cup are runners up in the Civil Rights category of the Fetisov Journalism Award.

Roshan Sedhai and Samik Kharel won the CHF 10,000 prize for their story titled 'Nepalis Feel the Human Toll of Qatar's World Cup' at the award announcement ceremony in Istanbul on Monday. The award has an annual prize fund of 520,000 Swiss francs given across four categories-Outstanding Contribution to Peace; Contribution to Civil Rights; Outstanding Investigative Reporting; and Excellence in Environmental Journalism.

Another story on migrant workers, The Bitter Taste of Kiwi got the third prize for Ou...