Andrej Dyńko
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Andrej Dyńko (Template:Lang-be) (born 1974) is a Belarusian 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.
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.
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 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!
He got Hanno Ellenbogen Citizenship Award (2003), Oxfam-Novib Award (2006), «For Journalistic Courage and Professionalism» Award (2006), Lorenzo Natali Prize (2007).
During the 2006 protests, in opposition to the results of the 2006 Presidential Elections, Dynko spent ten days in a jail; his prison diaries were published thereafter and translated in a number of languages.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3][4]
He is married to Natallia Dynko and has three children: Jakub, Justyna, and Vasil.
References
- ^ "Writer Andrej Dynko released after ten days in jail, publishes prison diary". IFEX. March 31, 2006. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
- ^ "Старонка Андрэя Дынько на сайце Праваабарончага цэнтра "Вясна"". Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
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