Cultural rights
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...
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...
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...
Belarus: Five years of relentless crackdown on cultural rights
‘Belarusian culture, language and identity have come under sustained onslaught over the past five years. It is high t...
UPR-2025: Joint submission by PEN Belarus, PEN International, PEN America
Download the UPR submission in pdf Joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Republic of Belarus by PE...
Banned books
I. Literature included in the ‘extremist materials’ list in Belarus We include here selected works of fic...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-31 July 2025)
As of 31 July 2025, at least 158 cultural figures, including 39 writers, were not free – either imprisoned or in home...
Monitoring of violations of cultural rights and human rights of cultural figures. Belarus, January – June 2025
[БЕЛ: Чытаць маніторынг па-беларуску] [РУС: Читать мониторинг по-русски] This report is based on aggregated informati...
Participation in Cultural Life as an Offence. Belarusian Civil Society Report on Sustainable Development Goals Implementation
These days, Belarus is presenting its report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the United Nations High-L...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 July 2025)
As of 15 July 2025, at least 156 cultural figures, including 39 writers, were not free – either imprisoned or in home...