BEN DOHERTY

International affairs correspondent for The Guardian newspaper in Australia, Ben Doherty has spent a decade reporting across the Asia-Pacific, including postings in Southeast Asia and South Asia.

His work focuses on human rights and humanitarian issues, forced migration and asylum.

He has won Australia's highest journalism honour, the Walkley Award, three times, as well as three United Nations Association Media Peace Prizes.

He holds master's degrees in international law and international relations from Oxford University and from UNSW, and studied at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. Ben is the author of a novel, Nagaland, a love story for modern India.