Cultural rights
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 (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 ...
Banned books
Literature included in the ‘extremist materials’ list in Belarus: (Here we include works of fiction, hist...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-31 March 2025)
As of 31 March 2025, at least 165 cultural figures, including not less than 36 writers, were not free – imprisoned or...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 March 2025)
As of 15 March 2025, at least 168 cultural figures, including not less than 36 writers, were not free – imprisoned or...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-28 February 2025)
As of 28 February 2025, at least 170 cultural figures, including not less than 36 People of Word, were not free – beh...
Defending the Belarusian Language on International Mother Language Day
On February 21, the world observes International Mother Language Day. It was proclaimed by the General Conference of ...
International Mother Language Day 2025: Take Action for Andrzej Poczobut
“Andrzej Poczobut, a voice for the silenced, is paying a devastating price for his unwavering commitment to truth and...
Monitoring of violations of cultural rights and human rights of cultural figures. Belarus, 2024
Since October 2019, PEN Belarus has been systematically collecting facts about violations of cultural rights and huma...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 February 2025)
As of 15 February 2025, at least 170 cultural figures, including not less than 36 People of Word, were not free – beh...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-31 January 2025)
As of 31 January 2025, at least 168 cultural figures, including not less than 37 People of Word, were not free – behi...