Cultural rights

Statement on recognition of Aleh Chamienka as a political prisoner

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

Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-30 June 2025)

As of 30 June 2025, at least 156 cultural figures, including 38 writers, were not free – either imprisoned or in home...

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

As of 15 June 2025, at least 159 cultural figures, including 37 writers, were not free – imprisoned or in home confin...

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

As of 31 May 2025, at least 154 cultural figures, including 36 writers, were not free – imprisoned or in home confine...

LitMap – 2025: the territory of words, the energy of voices, the constellation of personalities

PEN Belarus has explored the literary map of the diaspora. Which countries and cities are marked there? What organiza...

Banned books

Literature included in the ‘extremist materials’ list in Belarus: (Here we include works of fiction, as w...

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

As of 15 May 2025, at least 152 cultural figures, including 35 writers, were not free – imprisoned or in home confine...

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

This report is based on aggregated information collected by the PEN Belarus monitoring group during the first three m...

Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-30 April 2025)

As of 30 April 2025, at least 163 cultural figures, including not less than 35 writers, were not free – imprisoned or...

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

As of 15 April 2025, at least 165 cultural figures, including not less than 36 writers, were not free – imprisoned or...

UPR-2025: Report by Belarusian NGOs on the Human Rights Situation in Belarus

A coalition of Belarusian NGOs has submitted a joint report on Belarus’s fulfillment of its human rights obligations ...