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Monitoring of violations of cultural rights and human rights of cultural figures. Belarus, January – June 2025

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

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...

Journalist, author of a documentary book.

Four years after the detention of Viasna members Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovic and Uladzimir Labkovich, the ...

the leader of the contemporary folk music band Pałac (founded in 1992), a lecturer, researcher of Belarusian folklore...

Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community In June 2025, Aleh Chamienka, a musician, teacher, and radio...

PEN Belarus joins the statement of PEN International about Kurdish writer Yavuz Ekinci. ‘That Kurdish writer Yavuz Ek...

PEN Belarus joins the statement of PEN International about poet and translator Zviad Ratiani. ‘Zviad Ratiani is facin...