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'''Andrej Dyńko''' ({{lang-be|Андрэй Дынько}}) (born 1974) is a [[Belarus]]ian [[journalist]] and the chief editor of the oldest Belarusian weekly newspaper, ''[[Naša Niva]]'', and of the magazine Nasha Historyja (''Наша гісторыя''), and one of the editors of the magazine [[Arche (magazine)|Arche]].
'''Andrej Dyńko''' ({{langx|be|Андрэй Дынько}}) (born 1974) is a [[Belarus]]ian [[journalist]]. In 2000-2006 he served the chief editor of the oldest Belarusian weekly newspaper ''[[Naša Niva]]''. Later he headed magazines Nasha Historyja (''Наша гісторыя''), [[Arche (magazine)|Arche]], and publications for children in the Belarusian language ''Dudu'' and ''Asciarozhna: dzieci!''


== Biography ==
Under his leadership Nasha Niva became the most red web site in the Belarusian language. He began his work as a translator and publicist. He translated from French, Italian, English, Polish, and Ukrainian.


=== Career ===
He taught in Minsk State Linguistic University in 1997–2000. He edited Nasha Niva since 1999 till 2017. He was one of the co-founders of Arche magazine in 1998–2004.


He began his work as a translator and publicist. He translated from French, Italian, English, Polish, and Ukrainian languages. Dynko edited Nasha Niva since 1999 till 2017, he also taught in Minsk State Linguistic University in 1997–2000. He was one of the co-founders of Arche magazine in 1998–2004.
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He is the chief editor of Nasha Historyja since 2018. Since 2019 he is also the chief editor of magazines for children in the Belarusian language ''Dudu'' and ''Asciarozhna: dzieci!''


Under his leadership Nasha Niva became the most red web site in the Belarusian language. [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] [[Svetlana Alexievich]] described Dynko as the person who ensured the success of ‘Nasha Niva’ and made the publication one of the most important in Belarus.<ref name=dw/>
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He got [[Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award|Hanno Ellenbogen Citizenship Award]] (2003), Oxfam-Novib Award (2006), «For Journalistic Courage and Professionalism» Award (2006), [[Lorenzo Natali Prize]] (2007).


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In 2018 Dynko became the chief editor of 'Nasha Historyja'. Since 2019 he is also the chief editor of magazines for children in the Belarusian language ''Dudu'' and ''Asciarozhna: dzieci!''
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During the 2006 protests, in opposition to the results of the [[2006 Belarusian presidential election|2006 Presidential Elections]], Dynko spent ten days in a jail; his prison diaries were published thereafter and translated in a number of languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifex.org/belarus/2006/03/31/writer_andrej_dynko_released_after|title=Writer Andrej Dynko released after ten days in jail, publishes prison diary|publisher=IFEX|date=March 31, 2006|access-date=January 21, 2010}}</ref>


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He got [[Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award|Hanno Ellenbogen Citizenship Award]] (2003), Oxfam-Novib Award (2006), «For Journalistic Courage and Professionalism» Award (2006), [[Lorenzo Natali Prize]] (2007). Dynko is married to Natallia Dynko and has three children: Jakub, Justyna, and Vasil.
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In July 2021 he was arrested together with three other Nasha Niva workers and declared suspected first under the article 342 of the Criminal Code of Belarus («Organisation or preparation of mass disturbances or participation in mass disturbances»). The accusation was not submitted. Instead the detention continued under suspect under the art. 216 part 2 of the Criminal Code of Belarus («Causing property damage without signs of theft»). Like other political prisoners, he stayed in Akrescina prison without any bedding and personal belongings in cells where light was never switched off.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://prisoners.spring96.org/be/person/andrei-dynko|title = Старонка Андрэя Дынько на сайце Праваабарончага цэнтра "Вясна"|author = |authorlink = |date = |publisher = |language = |archive-url = |archive-date = |access-date = 2021-07-27|quote = |ref = |postscript = }}</ref>

During the 2006 protests, in opposition to the results of the [[2006 Belarusian presidential election|2006 Presidential Elections]], Dynko was detained at a protest rally on March 21, 2006, and spent ten days in a jail.<ref name=kp>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.kp.ru/daily/23694.4/141420/
|title =Власти Минска отказали газете «Наша Ніва» в прописке
|trans-title=Minsk Authorities Refuse Registration 'Nasha Niva'
|publisher = Komsomolskaya Pravda
|date = 2006-04-21
|accessdate = 2021-12-14
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}}</ref> His prison diaries were published thereafter and translated in a number of languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifex.org/belarus/2006/03/31/writer_andrej_dynko_released_after|title=Writer Andrej Dynko released after ten days in jail, publishes prison diary|publisher=IFEX|date=March 31, 2006|access-date=January 21, 2010}}</ref> The arrest was used by the authorities as the reason to refuse registration to 'Nasha Niva'.<ref name=kp/>

=== Arrest ===

Following the nation-wide [[2020–2021 Belarusian protests|protests]] in Belarus after the [[2020 Belarusian presidential election|2020 presidential election]] that was denounced as rigged by the opposition and the West, the authorities started a crackdown campaign wiping all independent media in the country. ‘Nasha Niva’ covered the protests and was eventually banned as ‘extremist’ in November 2021, exactly on the 115th anniversary of its founding; its website was blocked in July.<ref>{{cite web |language = en
|url = https://apnews.com/article/business-europe-media-newspapers-belarus-54abc6d624d3dc53fac3f0a2dbc4fd8d
|title =Belarus' oldest newspaper is banned as extremist
|publisher = AP News
|date = 2021-11-23
|accessdate = 2021-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |language = en
|url = https://p.dw.com/p/3wDSf
|title =Belarus blocks access to 'Nasha Niva' news website
|publisher = Deutsche Welle
|date = 2021-07-08
|accessdate = 2021-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |language = en
|url =https://p.dw.com/p/3lt7f
|title =Journalism in Belarus: 'Like walking through a minefield'
|publisher = Deutsche Welle
|date = 2020-11-26
|accessdate = 2021-12-13}}</ref>

By 2021 Dynko was serving as chief editor of the ‘Nasha Historyja’ (''Наша гісторыя''), the [[Arche (magazine)|Arche]], and the «Асцярожна: дзеці!» magazines, also published by ‘Nasha Niva’.<ref name=reformby>{{cite web |language = ru
|url =https://reform.by/243063-andrej-dynko-osvobozhden-pod-objazatelstvo-o-javke
|title =Андрей Дынько освобожден под обязательство о явке
|trans-title=
|publisher = Reform.by
|date = 2021-07-21
|accessdate = 2021-12-13}}</ref>
On July 8, 2021, Dyńko was arrested together with Nasha Niva editor-in-chief Yahor Martsinovich and editor Andrey Skurko.<ref>{{cite web
|language = en
|url = https://www.dw.com/en/belarus-blocks-access-to-nasha-niva-news-website/a-58203781
|title = Belarus blocks access to 'Nasha Niva' news website
|website = [[Deutsche Welle]]
|publisher =
|date = 2021-07-08
|accessdate = 2021-08-24
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}}</ref> He was declared suspected first under the article 342 of the Criminal Code of Belarus («Organisation or preparation of mass disturbances or participation in mass disturbances»). The accusation was not submitted. Instead the detention continued under suspect under the art. 216 part 2 of the Criminal Code of Belarus («Causing property damage without signs of theft»). Like other political prisoners, he stayed in Akrescina prison without any bedding and personal belongings in cells where light was never switched off.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://prisoners.spring96.org/be/person/andrei-dynko|title = Старонка Андрэя Дынько на сайце Праваабарончага цэнтра "Вясна"|author = |authorlink = |date = |publisher = |language = |archive-url = |archive-date = |access-date = 2021-07-27|quote = }}</ref><ref name=dw>{{cite web
|author=Nevedomskaya, T.
|language = ru
|url = https://p.dw.com/p/3wS2n
|title =Заложники в политическом торге. Что происходит с изданием "Наша нива"
|trans-title=Prisoners in political horse-trading: What's going on with 'Nasha Niva'
|publisher = Deutsche Welle
|date = 2021-07-14
|accessdate = 2021-12-14
}}</ref>


On July 12, 2021, by a joint statement of ten organizations, including the Human rights center "Viasna", the Belarusian Association of Journalists, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, the Belarusian PEN Center, he was recognized as a political prisoner.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Коваль|first=Илья|date=2021-07-13|title=В Беларуси ряд сотрудников издания "Наша Нива" признали политзаключенными|url=https://www.dw.com/ru/v-belarusi-rjad-sotrudnikov-izdanija-nasha-niva-priznali-politzakljuchennymi/a-58247118|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713153226/https://www.dw.com/ru/v-belarusi-rjad-sotrudnikov-izdanija-nasha-niva-priznali-politzakljuchennymi/a-58247118|archive-date=2021-07-13|access-date=2021-07-13|website=|publisher=[[Нямецкая хваля]]|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-12|title=Праваабаронцы прызналі палітвязнямі чатырох супрацоўнікаў "Нашай Нівы"|url=https://euroradio.fm/pravaabaroncy-pryznali-palitvyaznyami-chatyroh-supracounikau-nashay-nivy|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712161740/https://euroradio.fm/pravaabaroncy-pryznali-palitvyaznyami-chatyroh-supracounikau-nashay-nivy|archive-date=2021-07-12|access-date=2021-07-13|website=|publisher=[[Эўрапейскае радыё для Беларусі]]|language=be}}</ref>
On July 12, 2021, by a joint statement of ten organizations, including the Human rights center "Viasna", the Belarusian Association of Journalists, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, the Belarusian PEN Center, he was recognized as a political prisoner.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Коваль|first=Илья|date=2021-07-13|title=В Беларуси ряд сотрудников издания "Наша Нива" признали политзаключенными|url=https://www.dw.com/ru/v-belarusi-rjad-sotrudnikov-izdanija-nasha-niva-priznali-politzakljuchennymi/a-58247118|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713153226/https://www.dw.com/ru/v-belarusi-rjad-sotrudnikov-izdanija-nasha-niva-priznali-politzakljuchennymi/a-58247118|archive-date=2021-07-13|access-date=2021-07-13|website=|publisher=[[Нямецкая хваля]]|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-12|title=Праваабаронцы прызналі палітвязнямі чатырох супрацоўнікаў "Нашай Нівы"|url=https://euroradio.fm/pravaabaroncy-pryznali-palitvyaznyami-chatyroh-supracounikau-nashay-nivy|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712161740/https://euroradio.fm/pravaabaroncy-pryznali-palitvyaznyami-chatyroh-supracounikau-nashay-nivy|archive-date=2021-07-12|access-date=2021-07-13|website=|publisher=[[Эўрапейскае радыё для Беларусі]]|language=be}}</ref>


On July 21, 2021, Dynko was released under an undertaking to appear.<ref name=reformby/><ref>{{cite web |language = en
He is married to Natallia Dynko and has three children: Jakub, Justyna, and Vasil.
|url = https://prisoners.spring96.org/en/person/andrei-dynko
|title =Andrei Dynko
|publisher = Viasna |accessdate = 2021-12-13}}</ref> He described his detainment as ‘being in hell’. According to Dynko, the detained in Okrestina are kept in inhuman conditions.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Dynko, A.
|language = ru
|url =https://ex-press.by/rubrics/obshhestvo/2021/07/24/andrej-dynko-eto-ya-ya-vernulsya-s-togo-sveta
|title =Андрей Дынько: «Это я, я вернулся с того света»
|trans-title=Andrei Dynko: ‘It’s me, I’m back from Hell’
|publisher = Belarus-News
|date = 2021-07-24
|accessdate = 2021-12-13}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.penopp.org/articles/my-head-lying-plastic-bottle-prison-diary?language_content_entity=en Dyńko] prison diary at PEN/Opp
*https://web.archive.org/web/20080604135408/http://www.eurozine.com/authors/dynko.html


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[[Category:Belarusian journalists]]
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Latest revision as of 02:40, 28 October 2024

Andrej Dyńko
Born (1974-01-13) January 13, 1974 (age 50)
Occupation(s)Editor, journalist
Known forNaša Niva chief editor (2000-2006)

Andrej Dyńko (Belarusian: Андрэй Дынько) (born 1974) is a Belarusian journalist. In 2000-2006 he served the chief editor of the oldest Belarusian weekly newspaper Naša Niva. Later he headed magazines Nasha Historyja (Наша гісторыя), Arche, and publications for children in the Belarusian language Dudu and Asciarozhna: dzieci!

Biography

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Career

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He began his work as a translator and publicist. He translated from French, Italian, English, Polish, and Ukrainian languages. Dynko edited Nasha Niva since 1999 till 2017, he also taught in Minsk State Linguistic University in 1997–2000. He was one of the co-founders of Arche magazine in 1998–2004.

Under his leadership Nasha Niva became the most red web site in the Belarusian language. Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich described Dynko as the person who ensured the success of ‘Nasha Niva’ and made the publication one of the most important in Belarus.[1]

In 2018 Dynko became the chief editor of 'Nasha Historyja'. Since 2019 he is also the chief editor of magazines for children in the Belarusian language Dudu and Asciarozhna: dzieci!

He got Hanno Ellenbogen Citizenship Award (2003), Oxfam-Novib Award (2006), «For Journalistic Courage and Professionalism» Award (2006), Lorenzo Natali Prize (2007). Dynko is married to Natallia Dynko and has three children: Jakub, Justyna, and Vasil.

During the 2006 protests, in opposition to the results of the 2006 Presidential Elections, Dynko was detained at a protest rally on March 21, 2006, and spent ten days in a jail.[2] His prison diaries were published thereafter and translated in a number of languages.[3] The arrest was used by the authorities as the reason to refuse registration to 'Nasha Niva'.[2]

Arrest

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Following the nation-wide protests in Belarus after the 2020 presidential election that was denounced as rigged by the opposition and the West, the authorities started a crackdown campaign wiping all independent media in the country. ‘Nasha Niva’ covered the protests and was eventually banned as ‘extremist’ in November 2021, exactly on the 115th anniversary of its founding; its website was blocked in July.[4][5][6]

By 2021 Dynko was serving as chief editor of the ‘Nasha Historyja’ (Наша гісторыя), the Arche, and the «Асцярожна: дзеці!» magazines, also published by ‘Nasha Niva’.[7] On July 8, 2021, Dyńko was arrested together with Nasha Niva editor-in-chief Yahor Martsinovich and editor Andrey Skurko.[8] He was declared suspected first under the article 342 of the Criminal Code of Belarus («Organisation or preparation of mass disturbances or participation in mass disturbances»). The accusation was not submitted. Instead the detention continued under suspect under the art. 216 part 2 of the Criminal Code of Belarus («Causing property damage without signs of theft»). Like other political prisoners, he stayed in Akrescina prison without any bedding and personal belongings in cells where light was never switched off.[9][1]

On July 12, 2021, by a joint statement of ten organizations, including the Human rights center "Viasna", the Belarusian Association of Journalists, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, the Belarusian PEN Center, he was recognized as a political prisoner.[10][11]

On July 21, 2021, Dynko was released under an undertaking to appear.[7][12] He described his detainment as ‘being in hell’. According to Dynko, the detained in Okrestina are kept in inhuman conditions.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b Nevedomskaya, T. (2021-07-14). "Заложники в политическом торге. Что происходит с изданием "Наша нива"" [Prisoners in political horse-trading: What's going on with 'Nasha Niva'] (in Russian). Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  2. ^ a b "Власти Минска отказали газете «Наша Ніва» в прописке" [Minsk Authorities Refuse Registration 'Nasha Niva'] (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. 2006-04-21. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  3. ^ "Writer Andrej Dynko released after ten days in jail, publishes prison diary". IFEX. March 31, 2006. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
  4. ^ "Belarus' oldest newspaper is banned as extremist". AP News. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  5. ^ "Belarus blocks access to 'Nasha Niva' news website". Deutsche Welle. 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  6. ^ "Journalism in Belarus: 'Like walking through a minefield'". Deutsche Welle. 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  7. ^ a b "Андрей Дынько освобожден под обязательство о явке" (in Russian). Reform.by. 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  8. ^ "Belarus blocks access to 'Nasha Niva' news website". Deutsche Welle. 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  9. ^ "Старонка Андрэя Дынько на сайце Праваабарончага цэнтра "Вясна"". Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  10. ^ Коваль, Илья (2021-07-13). "В Беларуси ряд сотрудников издания "Наша Нива" признали политзаключенными" (in Russian). Нямецкая хваля. Archived from the original on 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  11. ^ "Праваабаронцы прызналі палітвязнямі чатырох супрацоўнікаў "Нашай Нівы"" (in Belarusian). Эўрапейскае радыё для Беларусі. 2021-07-12. Archived from the original on 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  12. ^ "Andrei Dynko". Viasna. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  13. ^ Dynko, A. (2021-07-24). "Андрей Дынько: «Это я, я вернулся с того света»" [Andrei Dynko: ‘It’s me, I’m back from Hell’] (in Russian). Belarus-News. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
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  • Dyńko prison diary at PEN/Opp
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