Nasha Niva
Nasha Niva (Belarusian: [Наша Ніва] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), it means "Our field") was a newspaper in Belarus. It was made in 1906. It was made again in 1991.[2][3][4]
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | VPUP Surodzichy |
| Editor | Yahor Martsinovich |
| Founded | 1906 |
| Language | Belarusian (Taraškievica before 2008) |
| Circulation | over 6,000[1] |
| Website | nashaniva |
The website of "Nasha Niva" (nn.by) was made in 1997. This site can't be opened in Belarus.[5] It has been writing about the 2020 Belarusian protests and 2020 Belarusian presidential election.[5] It uses the Belarusian language.[6]
"Nasha Niva" is free of state propaganda.[7][8] It is against Alexander Lukashenko. The government tried to close the newspaper many times. The newspaper got big fines and was left from state circulation. The editors and journalists have been arrested.[9]
As of 2020, the editor-in-chief is Yahor Martsinovich, he came after Andrej Dyńko.[10][11]
2021 attack
On July 8, 2021, the office and the houses of its main people were looked for.[12] Main journalists Yahor Martsinovich, Andrej Dyńko, Andrej Skurko, accountant Volha Rakovich were arrested.[13] "Nasha Niva" said that editor Jahor Marcinovič went through a physical attack.[14] They were called responsible for the 2020 Belarusian protests.[12][13] Several other "Nasha Niva" journalist were detained.[12] Since that day, the domain name was stopped working, the website of "Nasha Niva" can't be opened.[12][14] The Ministry of Information of Belarus made such punishment for "prohibited information" that the website has been having over it.[12]
On July 12, 2021, ten organizations (the Viasna Human Rights Centre, the Belarusian Association of Journalists, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and others) made a joint statement.[15] It said that Yahor Martsinovich, Andrej Dyńko, Andrej Skurko, and Volha Rakovich are political prisoners.[16]
In November 2021, Nasha Niva's Telegram channel and its social networks were declared extremist materials.[17] In January 2022, the KGB declared Nasha Niva an extremist group.[18] Creation of an extremist group or participation in it is a criminal offence in Belarus.[19]
On March 15, 2022, Martsinovich and Skurko were sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for estimated material damage of 10,000 Belarusian rubles ($3000). According to the investigators, in May 2017 they opened offices in Skurko's apartment but kept paying for electricity as individuals, while Belarusian law obliges legal persons to pay increased rates.[20]
Awards
- Chief editor Andrej Dyńko got International Award "Freedom of Speech"[21] and Lorenzo Natali Prize (2006);[22]
- Free Media Award (2007)[23]
- I Love Belarus (2010)[24]
- Andrej Dyńko got first prize in ‘Belarus in Focus’ journalist contest (2013)[25]
- Egor Martinovich got ‘Press Freedom’ award by Reporters Without Borders (2015)[26]
- Egor Martinovich and Dmitry Pankaviec got BAJ ‘Volnaye Slova’ Award (2015)[27]
- Natallia Lubneuskaya got the Free Media Award (2021)[28]
Nasha Niva Media
- Vilnia, Zavalnaja, Naša Niva. Вільня, Завальная, Наша Ніва (1907).jpg
Вільня (Vilnia), вуліца Завальная (vulica Zavalnaja). Рэдакцыя газэты
- Наша Ніва-1906-1.pdf
The first issue of the newspaper, 1906
References
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