Cultural rights
Belarus: Persecution for Artistic Expression
INTRODUCTION Artistic freedom and protection of cultural diversity Artistic freedom [1] is the freedom to imagine, cr...
Briefing, November 27! Banned people: How writers and journalists work in Belarus, where independent work is branded «extremism»
PEN Belarus and the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) invite international partners and media representativ...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 November 2025)
As of 15 November 2025, at least 157 cultural figures, including 33 writers, were not free – either imprisoned or in ...
Monitoring of violations of cultural rights and human rights of cultural figures. Belarus, January – September 2025
This material has been prepared based on summarised information collected by the Belarusian PEN monitoring group from...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-31 October 2025)
As of 31 October 2025, at least 154 cultural figures, including 33 writers, were not free – either imprisoned or in h...
Belarus: UN submission highlights brutal crackdown on cultural rights
30 October 2025 – As the human rights record of Belarus comes under review at the United Nations on 3 November 2025, ...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 October 2025)
As of 15 October 2025, at least 153 cultural figures, including 33 writers, were not free – either imprisoned or in h...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-30 September 2025)
As of 30 September 2025, at least 151 cultural figures, including 33 writers, were not free – either imprisoned or in...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 September 2025)
As of 15 September 2025, at least 150 cultural figures, including 33 writers, were not free – either imprisoned or in...
Belarus: Writers released and forced into exile
‘While we rejoice at the sight of Belarusian writers walking free after experiencing immense suffering, we utterly co...
Six imprisoned Writers Have Been Released!
On 11 September, 52 political prisoners (including 14 foreign citizens), were freed and forcibly taken out of Belarus...
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...