In the 2008 Human Rights Press Awards, presented by the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Club and Amnesty International on March 29, THE FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW won a top prize and a certificate of merit in the Commentary and Analysis category, and a certificate of merit in the Magazines category. Read the prize winning stories:

First Prize, Commentary and Analysis:
Pulling the Strings of China's Internet
by David Bandurski, December 2007

Certificate of Special Merit, Commentary and Analysis:
China Mocks the Olympic Spirit
by Wu'er Kaixi, September 2007 

Certificate of Special Merit, Magazine: 
Philippines Fights Leftists, Fair or Foul
by Simon Montlake, April 2007