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Torture and discrimination against women in Belarus: “Legal Initiative” appeals to CEDAW to initiate an investigation

The Belarusian human rights organization Legal Initiative has submitted an official request to the UN Committee on th...

PEN Belarus joins the statement of PEN International about prison sentence for Mzia Amaglobeli in Georgia. “Mzia Amag...

Julija Čarniaŭskaja is a cultural scholar, playwright, writer, and blogger. A PhD holder, she worked at the Belarusia...

‘Belarusian culture, language and identity have come under sustained onslaught over the past five years. It is high t...

Download the UPR submission in pdf Joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Republic of Belarus by PE...

I. Literature included in the ‘extremist materials’ list in Belarus We include here selected works of fic...

As of 31 July 2025, at least 158 cultural figures, including 39 writers, were not free – either imprisoned or in home...

[БЕЛ: Чытаць маніторынг па-беларуску] [РУС: Читать мониторинг по-русски] This report is based on aggregated informati...

PEN Belarus joins the statement of PEN International about alarming human rights crisis highlighted by writers’ group...

These days, Belarus is presenting its report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the United Nations High-L...

As of 15 July 2025, at least 156 cultural figures, including 39 writers, were not free – either imprisoned or in home...

The association “International Union of Belarusian Writers” continues to monitor the state of the Belarusian language...