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Statement on the death of political prisoner Andrei Padniabenny behind bars

Joint statement by the human rights community of Belarus As it became known, on September 3, 2025, 36-year-old politi...

Łarysa Ščyrakova (released on September 11, 2025)

Journalist, local historian, documentary filmmaker, popularizer of history and culture.

Mikoła Dziadok (released on September 11, 2025)

Author of the book Colors of the Parallel World, blogger, author of the newspaper Novy Chas, activist of an anarchist...

Pavieł Mažejka (released on September 11, 2025)

Head of the cultural space City Life Center in Hrodna, journalist.

The Belarusian book under repression

Introduction Repression against the free Belarusian book: a five-year overview Persecution of writers: statistics The...

Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-31 August 2025)

As of 31 August 2025, at least 160 cultural figures, including 41 writers, were not free – either imprisoned or in ho...

Ivan (Jan) Marozaŭ

Wiki-author, one of the initiators of Belarusian-language activity in LiveJournal, known under the nickname hondurazian.

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...

Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 August 2025)

As of 15 August 2025, at least 158 cultural figures, including 41 writers, were not free – either imprisoned or in ho...

Georgia: Prison sentence for Mzia Amaglobeli condemned

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

Julija Čarniaŭskaja

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