The "Leuchtturm" 2013 for extraordinary journalistic work (lighthouse 2013) is given to Magnum photographer Moises Saman and journalist Michael Obert for their exceptional reportage "im Reich des Todes" (Empire of Death) published in Sueddeutsche Zeitung Magazin July 2013. The reportage sheds light on almost unknown torture camps in Sinai, where Bedouin criminals have established a system of kidnapping, and where no law or humanity reigns. The outstanding photographs by Moises Saman give witness of shocking tortures to the kidnapped people who survived. To report this story Saman and Ober travelled...