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The statement on the recognition of 12 people as political prisoners

Statement by the human rights community of Belarus December 28, 2024 We, the representatives of the Belarusian human ...

Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-31 December 2024)

As of 31 December 2024, at least 168 cultural figures, including not less than 37 People of Word, were not free – beh...

Statement: Hate Speech and Ethnic Intolerance Are Unadmissable

[Pareiškimas lietuvių kalba yra čia] [Заява па-беларуску тут] We, PEN Belarus, and other human rights and cultural or...

Pareiškimas dėl neapykantos kalbos naudojimo ir nacionalinio nepakantumo nepriimtinumo

[The statement in English is here] [Заява па-беларуску тут] Mes, Baltarusių PEN centras ir kitos žmogaus teisių ir ku...

The statement on the recognition of 10 people as political prisoners

Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community December 27, 2024 In connection with information about charg...

The statement on the recognition of 13 people as political prisoners

Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community December 24, 2024 The Belarusian human rights community note...

The statement on the recognition of 23 people as political prisoners

Statement by the human rights community of Belarus December 19, 2024 We, representatives of the human rights communit...

Alaksiej Navahrodski

Alaksiej Navahrodski (born Čekavy) was born in 1975 in the village of Papernya in the Lida district. He worked as a s...

Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 December 2024)

As of 15 December 2024, at least 175 cultural figures, including not less than 39 People of Word, were not free – beh...

Ihar Karniej

The journalist, essayist, author of texts about the cultural and historical heritage of Belarus, and travel blogger.

A Guide to Defending Writers at Risk: PEN International’s campaigning handbook

On Human Rights Day, we invite you to explore our indispensable resource – PEN International’s campaigning handbook –...