Cultural rights
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 September 2024)
As of 15 September 2024, at least 163 cultural figures, including not less than 37 People of Word, were behind bars. ...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-31 August 2024)
As of 31 August 2024, at least 164 cultural figures, including not less than 38 People of the Word, were behind bars....
Banned books
Literature included in the ‘extremist materials’ list in Belarus No. / Title of the book or work / Court ...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 August 2024)
As of 15 August 2024, at least 165 cultural figures, including not less than 38 People of the Word, were behind bars....
Monitoring violations of cultural rights and human rights of cultural figures. Belarus, January – June 2024
The report is based on the information collected by the PEN Belarus monitors from open sources, through personal cont...
Survey of infringements of linguistic rights in Belarus for the period from January 1st, 2024 to June 30th, 2024
The association “International Union of Belarusian Writers” continues to monitor the state of the Belarusian language...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-31 July 2024)
As of 31 July 2024, at least 163 cultural figures, including not less than 38 People of the Word, were behind bars. ...
4 years of repression in Belarus in general and in the cultural sector: June 2020 – June 2024
(2020–2023) Detained and released without report Good it was just three days, not a fine Good there was no beating Go...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 July 2024)
As of 15 July 2024, at least 163 cultural figures, including not less than 38 People of the Word, were behind bars. M...
Protest against the persecution of the Freedom Day celebration participants
PEN Belarus protests and draws the international community’s attention to a new direction of repression against...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-30 June 2024)
As of 30 June 2024, at least 164 cultural figures, including not less than 39 People of the Word, were behind bars. W...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 June 2024)
As of 15 June 2024, at least 159 cultural figures, including not less than 38 People of the Word, were behind bars. P...