Petra Procházková

In 1994, together with fellow journalist Jaromír Štětina, Procházková founded the independent journalism agency Epicentrum dedicated to war reporting.

In following years they covered events in Chechnya, Abkhazia, Ossetia, Georgia, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Nagorny Karabakh, Kurdistan, Kashmir and East Timor.

Her critique of Russian politics in Chechnya brought punishment—in 2000 she was forbidden to stay in Russia for a period of several years (and returned there only in late 2011[1]).

After returning from Russia to the Czech Republic, Procházková founded a small humanitarian organisation Berkat which concentrates on aid mainly to Chechnya and Afghanistan.

Adding to the list of volatile regions she has worked in, she began covering the situation in Afghanistan and was the last journalist to speak with Ahmed Shah Massoud before he was killed.