{"id":118175,"date":"2024-12-13T17:28:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T14:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118175\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"mediazona-belarus-editor-awarded-lithuanian-journalism-prize","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118175\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediazona Belarus editor awarded Lithuanian journalism prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n Anastasija Bojka, Kazys Starkevi\u010dius (center), heads of Lithuanian journalist organizations\r\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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December 13, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The editor in chief of Mediazona Belarus<\/em>, Anastasija Bojka, has been awarded the Lithuanian prize Hope of Freedom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The award ceremony took place today at the Seimas during a forum of Baltic media organizations and exiled Belarusian journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I would like to thank my Lithuanian colleagues for this award,” Bojka said at the ceremony. “It is very nice that my work and, I hope, the work of Mediazona Belarus<\/em> has been recognized in this difficult time.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Since we are working in exile and journalism has become almost anonymous, I would like to consider this award not as my own, but as an award for every employee at Mediazona Belarus<\/em>, every journalist, SMM specialist and editor of ours. Every day, these people write about very complicated issues, tell complicated stories and write complicated news,” she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hope of Freedom prize was established by MP Kazys Starkevi\u010dius. It is awarded jointly with Lithuanian journalist organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian journalists Aleh Hruzdzi\u0142ovi\u010d and Jahor Marcinovi\u010d received the award in 2022 and 2023, respectively. Human rights defenders said they had been persecuted for political reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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