Heorhii Gongadze memorial alley opened in Kyiv

A temporary alley commemorating the memory of Heorhii Gongadze, Ukrainian-Georgian journalist and activist who was kidnapped and killed in September 2000, has been presented in the city of Kyiv. This event marked the beginning of the Heorhii Gongadze Memorial Week.

The exposition, located in front of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, can be visited for a week before 20:00 of 22 September, as reported by the team of the Heorhii Gongadze prize.

"His contribution is felt everywhere – in forming a civil society, in culture, self-identification, freedom of speech and the development of media. Heorhii’s thoughts, activity and worldview still remain topical today.

This Alley is another reminder that the Heroes of Ukraine cannot and will not be forgotten, and evil must always be punished. There is no place for threats, repressions and murders in Ukraine," Vladyslav Zinkevych, programme director of the Prize, said.

The Alley consists of information banners about the life and activity of the journalist. It was created in order to showcase Heorhii’s contribution to the formation of democratic Ukraine, civil society and the spreading of the "Ukrainian voice" in the world.

Photo: Heorhii Gongadze prize

Following figures made a speech at the grand opening of the Alley:

• Tetiana Teren , CEO of the Ukrainian PEN organisation;
• Myroslava Barchuk , a Ukrainian journalist and TV host, Deputy Head of the Ukrainian PEN;
• Valentyna Telychenko , a human rights activist and a member of the Gongadze family;
• Olha Salo , Deputy Head of the National Memorial Complex of the Heavenly Hundred – Museum of Revolution of Dignity;
• Mykhailo Tkach , an investigative journalist of Ukrainska Pravda;
• Tetiana Pechonchyk , the head of the director’s board of the Human Rights Centre ZMINA;
• Oksana Romaniuk , the director of the Institute of Mass Media.

The event ended with commemorating the memory of Heorhii and laying of flowers at his grave. The journalist is buried in the yard of the Mykola Naberezhnyi Church in the Podol district of Kyiv.

Background:

• In 2024 Tetiana Troshchynska, the director of the Department of Strategic Analysis and Development of Socially Impactful Content at the Suspilne media outlet, won the journalist Heorhii Gongadze Prize.
• Journalists Anna Babinets and Olha Rudenko were also eligible for the award.

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