An International team of investigative reporters, including some from NHK, was awarded for their stories covering the mass internment of Uyghurs. The information was based on leaked Chinese documents dubbed The "Xinjiang Police Files."

The award came from the Investigative Journalism for Europe.

On May 2022, journalists from 14 media groups including NHK WORLD, BBC, Le Monde and Der Spiegel published stories based on the files leaked from the Chinese security apparatus obtained by US-based scholar Adrian Zenz. They contain thousands of photos and classified documents concerning more than 20,000 Uyghurs detained in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of Western China.

Beijing officially calls these internment camps "vocational training centers" and denies any human rights abuse.

Reporters collaborating with Zenz examined the files and collected testimonies from some of the relatives of those mentioned in the files. The coverage provides an unprecedented look behind the veil of secrecy obscuring the issue.