caption death_date death_place children birth_place awards nationality birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation organization
pius njawé at a conference in paris 12 july 2010 chesapeake , virginia , us eight babouantou , cameroon cpj pen of freedom award -lrb- 1993 -rrb- world press freedom international hero -lrb- 2000 -rrb- press freedom award -lrb- 1991 -rrb- golden cameroonian 4 march 1957 jane njawé pius njawe.jpg pius njawé
 pius njawé journalist '' le messager ''
pius njawé

pius njawé -lrb- 4 march 1957 -- 12 july 2010 -rrb- was a cameroonian journalist and director of `` le messager '' as well as `` le messager populi . ''
arrested over 100 times for his reporting , njawé won several awards for his work , including the 1991 cpj international press freedom award and the 1993 golden pen of freedom .
in 2000 , he was named one of international press institute 's fifty world press freedom heroes of the previous fifty years .
in njawé 's obituary , the `` new york times '' described him as `` a symbol of opposition to the autocratic regime of paul biya '' .
