2022

Chronicle of human rights violations in the cultural sphere (December 1-15, 2022)

There are 26 men of letters in captivity; in total, there are 120 cultural figures in captivity. Criminal proceedings...

Chronicle of human rights violations in the cultural sphere (November 15-30, 2022)

Repression in the sphere of culture persists. As of November 30, the situation is consistently bad: there are 27 Men ...

Chronicle of human rights violations in the cultural sphere (November 1-15, 2022)

There is a process of deBelarusization unfolding in Belarus now that is destroying and prohibiting manifestations of ...

PEN Belarus Statement on the Day of the Imprisoned Writer

[БЕЛ] Заява Беларускага ПЭНа на Дзень пісьменніка ў няволі [PL] Oświadczenie Białoruskiego PEN z okazji Dnia Uwięzion...

Oświadczenie Białoruskiego PEN z okazji Dnia Uwięzionego Pisarza

[БЕЛ] Заява Беларускага ПЭНа на Дзень пісьменніка ў няволі [ENG] PEN Belarus Statement on the Day of the Imprisoned W...

Aliaksandr Franckievič

Activist of an anarchist movement, writer, and author of prison literature.

Italy: Open letter to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in support of Roberto Saviano

08 November 2022 – On 15 November 2022, writer, journalist, and PEN award winner Roberto Saviano will stand trial in ...

Chronicle of Human Rights Violations in the Cultural Sphere (October 15 – 31, 2022)

The state uses repression as a tool to establish a monopoly in the sphere of culture. The regime tracks and destroys ...

Monitoring Violations of Cultural Rights and Human Rights of Cultural Figures. Belarus, January – September 2022

Since October 2019, the Belarusian PEN has been systematically collecting information on violations of cultural and h...

PEN Belarus and Viasna shortlisted for Dutch government Human Rights Tulip award

PEN Belarus and Human Rights Center Viasna, Belarusian organizations both operating in exile, are among the top 10 ca...

Chronicle of Human Rights Violations in the Cultural Sphere (October 1-15, 2022)

On October 7, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Ales Bialiatski, an imprisoned human rights activist and writer (a...

Norway: Nobel Peace Prize fitting tribute to fearless activists from Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine

On 7 October 2022, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize would be awarded to writer...