Iryna Khalip
| Iryna Khalip | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 12, 1967 Minsk, Belorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Journalist, Reporter, Editor |
| Nationality | Belarusian |
| Alma mater | Belarusian State University |
| Period | 1994-2010 (incarcerated) |
| Notable awards | 2005 TIME Hero of Europe 2009 Courage in Journalism Award |
| Spouse | Andrei Sannikov |
Iryna Khalip (or Irina Khalip; Belarusian: Iрына Халiп, Russian: Ирина Халип) (born November 12, 1967) is a Belarusian journalist, reporter and editor in the Minsk bureau of Novaya Gazeta, known for her criticism of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
For her journalistic activities she has been regularly harassed, detained, and beaten by the Belarusian KGB and authorities. In May 2011, she was given a two-year suspended prison sentence for her role in protests following the 2010 Belarus election.
TIME selected her for the 2005 special issue "European Heroes", category "Brave Hearts". In 2009 she was awarded the Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation. She is married to former Belarus presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov, an opposition activist and recipient of the 2005 Bruno Kreisky Award.
Iryna Khalip was born on November 12, 1967 in Minsk, a city in Belorussian SSR. Her father is an arts and theater critic. She graduated from Belarus State University with a focus in journalism studies in 1989.
Afterward graduation Khalip got a job at the government paper Sovetskaya Belorussiya. She decided she wanted to become a full-time journalist in 1994, at age 26. She has stated "I was looking for something not very difficult...something easy and interesting. I was only half right, because journalism is really interesting, but not easy."
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