MEE correspondent Mohammed Amin, refused UK visa, wins One World Media Award

MEE correspondent Mohammed Amin, refused UK visa, wins One World Media Award Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 06/17/2026 - 21:00 Reporter named as Journalist of the Year for his reports on the war in Sudan, including the bloody siege of el-Fasher Middle East Eye correspondent Mohammed Amin delivers his speech after winning the Journalist of the Year category at the One World Media Awards (MEE) Off Mohammed Amin has won One World Media’s prestigious Journalist of the Year award for his reporting as a freelance correspondent for Middle East Eye from Sudan . Amin was unable to attend the London awards ceremony in person on Wednesday night after the Home Office refused to grant him a visa to travel to the UK . Accepting the award by video, the Sudanese journalist said: “One of the discriminatory things the Home Office told me was that I might not leave the country, meaning that I might seek asylum here.