Katsyaryna Andreeva Explained

Katsyaryna Andreeva
Native Name Lang:be
Birth Date:2 November 1993
Birth Place:Minsk, Belarus

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She was arrested on site on November 15, 2020. She was sentenced to two years in prison. In 2022, she was sentenced to am additional eight years in prison on charges of "state treason", which Amnesty International called bogus.[1] [2]

Early life and career

She was born in Minsk in a family of journalists. She studied for about two and a half years in Minsk State Linguistic University, then she moved to Spain. She taught English there for two years. Then she came back home, got to work for the newspaper Nasha Niva as a journalist. In 2017, she moved to Belsat TV.[3]

Katsyaryna Andreeva with Ihar Ilyash wrote the book Belarusian Donbas in 2020. The book is about how the Belarusian people and organizations take part in the war in Donbas for the Russian separatist forces side. The Belarusian regime deemed it to be extremist and in 2021, via court decision, banned the book and its content countrywide.[4]

Katsyaryna was first arrested in 2017 in Orsha. On September 12, 2020, she was arrested by OMON for a live broadcast of a women's march in Minsk and was locked up for three days.[5]

Criminal procedure

Together with journalist Darya Chultsova, she was a suspect in a criminal case on organizing actions that attack public order.[6] On November 15, 2020, in Minsk, both broadcast the event of a cruel raid of the Militsiya and its affiliates at the Square of Changes, the place where Raman Bandarenka was beaten to death and the people peacefully stood to support the dead one there.[7] [8] She was not freed after the arrest at the square. She was moved to a prison in Zhodzina, where she was held until court trial. On November 24, 2020, ten organizations, including the Viasna Human Rights Centre, the Belarusian Association of Journalists, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, made a joint statement and recognized her as a political prisoner.[9] [10] [11]

At a Minsk court hearing led by the judge Natalia Buguk on February 18, 2021, Andreeva und Chultsova were sentenced to serve two years in prison for pushing 2020 Belarusian protests.[12] [13] The public prosecutor was Alina Kasyanchyk, the investigator was Ihar Kurylovich.[14] On April 23, 2021, Minsk City Court declined an appeal on the sentence.[15]

In 2022, Andreeva was sentenced to additional eight years in prison on charges of "state treason", which Amnesty International called bogus.

Reaction

On February 8, 2021, the US Embassy in Belarus made a statement, asking to make Chultsova and Andreeva free.[16]

On February 4, 2021, godparenthood for the political prisoner was undertaken by Delara Burkhardt, a Member of the European Parliament.[17] Following the sentencing, on February 18, 2021, the President of Poland Andrzej Duda made a public call for amnesty for Chultsova and Andreeva.[18]

In accordance with the decision of the Council of the European Union on June 21, 2021, judge Natalia Buguk was included in the list of people and organizations sanctioned in relation to human rights violations in Belarus for, among other things, “numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists and protesters, in particular the sentencing of Katsyaryna Bakhvalava (Andreyeva) and Darya Chultsova” and violations of rights of defence and to a fair trial. By the same decision, the Assistant Prosecutor at the Frunzyenski District Court of Minsk Alina Kasyanchyk was included in the sanctions list. She was held responsible, among other things, for prosecuting journalists for “recording peaceful protests, based on the groundless charges of ‛conspiracy’ and ‛violating public order.’” Senior investigator of the Frunzyenski District Department of the Investigative Committee Ihar Kurylovich was put on the list too for, among other things, preparing a politically motivated criminal case against the journalists who recorded peaceful protests.

Awards

On December 10, 2020, she was named Journalist of the Year (2020).[19] [20] [21]

On March 10, 2021, she got the Award named after Dariusz Fikus by the Press Club Polska.[22]

Together with Darya Chultsova and Katsiaryna Barysevich, on April 9, 2021, she got the Ales Lipay (the founder of BelaPAN) Award "Honor of Journalism."[23]

Together with Darya Chultsova on June 7, 2021, she got the Axel-Springer-Preis.[24]

Together with Darya Chultsova on June 10, 2021, she got the Courage in Journalism Award, a prize by the International Women's Media Foundation.[25]

Together with Darya Chultsova on July 29, 2021, she was named the winner of the (a German award in the field of freedom of the press).[26] [27]

Together with Darya Chultsova, Katsiaryna Barysevich, and others, on August 12, 2021, she got the Free Media Award.[28]

Together with Darya Chultsova on October 15, 2021, she got the Prix Europa in the category of the "European Journalist of 2021."[29] [30]

In March 2023, she was awarded the Medal of the Order of the Pahonia.[31]

Appraisal

"[They are] strong in spirit, have no doubt in the right [of them], supported by friends, colleagues and the people that they do not know at all – such Katya and Dasha will be put in textbooks," Aksana Kolb, editor-in-chief of Novy Chas, wrote on the eve of their sentencing.[32]

Personal life

She married journalist Ihar Ilyash in 2016.

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Belarus: Immediately release journalist sentenced to eight years on bogus "state treason" charges . July 13, 2022 . Amnesty International . 28 February 2024.
  2. News: Belarusian journalist sentenced to more than eight years in prison . euronews . 13 July 2022 . en.
  3. Web site: Панкавец. Зміцер. November 21, 2020. Хто такая журналістка Кацярына Андрэева? Расказваюць яе муж і дзядуля. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210325183455/https://nn.by/?c=ar&i=262718. March 25, 2021. March 25, 2021. Nasha Niva. be.
  4. Web site: March 26, 2021. В Минске судили книгу "Белорусский Донбасс". Признали экстремистской. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210327183432/https://belsat.eu/ru/news/26-03-2021-v-minske-sudili-knigu-belorusskij-donbass-priznali-ekstremistskoj/. March 27, 2021. March 27, 2021. Belsat TV. ru.
  5. Web site: Mąż aresztowanej reporterki Biełsatu: "To tak bolesne nie móc przytulić ukochanej osoby" . March 27, 2021 . . February 5, 2021 . pl. https://web.archive.org/web/20210205133125/https://belsat.eu/pl/news/05-02-2021-maz-aresztowanej-reporterki-bielsatu-to-tak-bolesne-nie-moc-przytulic-ukochanej-osoby/. February 5, 2021. Styrczula . Antoni.
  6. Web site: Mary. Ilyushina. February 18, 2021. Two journalists, 23 and 27, get two years in jail for live-streaming a protest in Belarus. March 25, 2021. CNN. en.
  7. Web site: Agencies. Minsk. February 18, 2021. Belarus jails two journalists who covered Lukashenko protest. March 25, 2021. The Guardian. en.
  8. Web site: February 18, 2021. Two Belarusian journalists sentenced to two years in prison for doing their job. February 18, 2021. European Federation of Journalists. en.
  9. Web site: ru. https://web.archive.org/web/20201124164502/https://naviny.media/new/20201124/1606235777-pravozashchitniki-priznali-politzaklyuchennymi-zhurnalistok-borisevich. November 24, 2020. Правозащитники признали политзаключенными журналисток Борисевич, Андрееву и Чульцову. BelaPAN. November 24, 2020. December 11, 2020.
  10. Web site: ru. Правозащитники признали журналисток Катерину Борисевич, Катерину Андрееву и Дарью Чульцову политзаключенными. MediaZona. December 11, 2020.
  11. Web site: November 24, 2020. Журналисток TUT.BY и "Белсат" правозащитники назвали политзаключенными. December 11, 2020. TUT.BY. ru. December 9, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201209124108/https://news.tut.by/economics/709054.html. dead.
  12. Web site: Журналисток "Белсата" приговорили к 2 годам лишения свободы . 2021-04-27 . 2021-04-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210422180957/https://ex-press.by/rubrics/obshhestvo/2021/02/18/zhurnalistok-belsata-prigovorili-k-2-godam-lisheniya-svobody . dead. 2021-02-18. Дарья. Спевак. Onliner.by. ex-press.by. ru.
  13. News: Журналістак "Белсату" Андрэеву і Чульцову пакаралі 2 гадамі турмы за стрым з "плошчы Перамен". ФОТА і ВІДЭА. Радыё Свабода . be. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. February 18, 2021. March 16, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210315233207/https://www.svaboda.org/a/31107508.html. March 15, 2021. Свабода . Радыё .
  14. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32021R0997&from=EN COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/997
  15. Web site: April 23, 2021. Суд пакінуў без зменаў вырак Кацярыне Андрэевай і Дар'і Чульцовай. Каці і Дашы ў зале не было. live. April 23, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210423151045/https://belsat.eu/news/23-04-2021-sud-pakinuu-bez-zmenau-prysud-katsyaryne-andreevaj-i-dar-i-chultsovaj-katsi-i-dashy-u-zali-ne-bylo/. April 23, 2021. Belsat TV. be.
  16. News: https://archive.today/20210316174823/https://www.svaboda.org/a/31091725.html. March 16, 2021. February 8, 2021. be. ЗША заклікалі вызваліць журналістак Кацярыну Андрэеву і Дар'ю Чульцову перад судом. Радыё Свабода . Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. March 16, 2021. Свабода . Радыё .
  17. Web site: February 4, 2021. Members of Parliament from Switzerland, Germany and Ireland take over godparenthood for Yuliya Slutskaya, Katsiaryna Andreyeva and Vitold Ashurak. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210204103752/https://www.lphr.org/en/martina-munz-national-council-sp-switzerland-delara-burkhardt-european-parliament-spd-germany-and-sean-haughey-irish-lower-house-fianna-fail-ireland-have-taken-over-a-godparenthood-for-p/. February 4, 2021. February 24, 2021. Libereco. en.
  18. News: Польскі прэзыдэнт заклікаў улады Беларусі амніставаць асуджаных журналістак "Белсату". Радыё Свабода . be. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. February 18, 2021. March 16, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210315234050/https://www.svaboda.org/a/31109394.html. March 15, 2021. Свабода . Радыё .
  19. Web site: December 10, 2020. Названы лауреаты Национальной правозащитной премии. December 11, 2020. Viasna Human Rights Centre. ru.
  20. Web site: December 10, 2020. Есть такая профессия! "Журналистами года" правозащитники пр. December 11, 2020. Belarusian Partisan. ru.
  21. Web site: December 10, 2020. "Журналистами года" правозащитники назвали трех арестованных по уголовным делам журналисток, в том числе и Катерину Борисевич. https://web.archive.org/web/20201210171431/https://news.tut.by/society/710939.html. December 10, 2020. December 11, 2020. TUT.BY. ru.
  22. Web site: March 10, 2021. Кацярына Андрэева і Дар'я Чульцова сталі лаўрэаткамі прэміі імя Дар'юша Фікуса. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210310195641/https://budzma.by/news/andreeva-chultsova.html. March 10, 2021. March 10, 2021. Будзьма беларусамі!. be.
  23. Web site: April 9, 2021. Катерина Борисевич, Катерина Андреева и Дарья Чульцова удостоены премии "Гонар журналістыкі". live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210409123102/https://www.b-g.by/news/katerina-borisevich-katerina-andreeva-i-darya-chulcova-udostoenyi-premii-gonar-zhurnal-styik/. April 9, 2021. April 10, 2021. Brestskaya Gazeta. ru.
  24. News: 2021-06-07. Axel-Springer-Preis an Nachwuchsjournalisten verliehen. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210608181603/https://www.welt.de/kultur/medien/article231655083/Axel-Springer-Preis-an-Nachwuchsjournalisten-verliehen.html. 2021-06-08. 2021-06-08. Die Welt. de.
  25. Web site: 2021-06-10. Журналистки Андреева и Чульцова стали лауреатами журналистской премии за мужество. live. https://archive.today/20210610183420/https://charter97.org/ru/news/2021/6/10/425570/. 2021-06-10. 2021-06-10. Charter 97. ru.
  26. Web site: - Leipziger Medienpreis geht an belarussische Journalistinnen. 2021-07-29. 2021-07-29. Deutschlandfunk Kultur. de. https://archive.today/20210729173013/https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/leipziger-medienpreis-geht-an-belarussische-journalistinnen.265.de.html?drn:news_id=1285537. 2021-07-29. live.
  27. Web site: "Zeichen der Ermutigung" nach Belarus. 2021-07-29. 2021-07-29. Medienstiftung der Sparkasse Leipzig. de. https://archive.today/20210729173246/https://www.leipziger-medienstiftung.de/de/aktuelles/zeichen-der-ermutigung-nach-belarus/. 2021-07-29. live.
  28. Web site: Кепински. Ольга. 2021-08-12. Все награды Free Media Awards присуждены белорусским журналистам. live. https://archive.today/20210812204758/https://ru.euronews.com/2021/08/12/free-media-awards-belarus-journalists. 2021-08-12. 2021-08-12. euronews. ru.
  29. Web site: Ik. Adom. 2021-10-16. Kaciaryna Andrejewa i Daria Czulcowa europejskim dziennikarzem roku. live. https://archive.today/20211017073129/https://www.tvp.info/56412904/redaktorki-bielsatu-otrzymaly-nagtode-z-tytulem-europejski-dziennikarz-roku. 2021-10-17. 2021-10-17. TVP Info. pl.
  30. Web site: 2021-10-15. PRIX EUROPA 2021 European Journalist of the Year 2021. live. https://archive.today/20211017074909/https://www.prixeuropa.eu/news/2021/10/15europeanjournalist. 2021-10-17. 2021-10-17. Prix Europa. en.
  31. Web site: 2023-03-25 . Рада БНР узнагародзіла Медалём Ордэну «Пагоні» шэраг беларусаў. Белсат онлайн - Belsat TV . 2023-10-19 . belsat.eu.
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