Cultural rights
Survey of infringements of language rights in Belarus from July 1st to December 31st, 2025
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 (1-15 January 2026)
As of 15 January 2026, at least 144 cultural figures, including not less than 31 writers, were not free – either impr...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-31 December 2025)
As of 31 December 2025, at least 144 cultural figures, including 31 writers, were not free – either imprisoned or in ...
The statement on the recognition of Valery Pazniakievič and eight other people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community December 22, 2025 The Belarusian human rights community note...
Statement by the human rights coalition on the forced expulsion from the Republic of Belarus of persons released as a result of pardon
In connection with the intensifying practice of forced expulsion from Belarus of pardoned political prisoners, which ...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 December 2025)
As of 15 December 2025, at least 146 cultural figures, including 31 writers, were not free – either imprisoned or in ...
Statement by PEN Belarus on the Release of Political Prisoners
14 December 2025: PEN Belarus welcomes the news of the release of 123 political prisoners from Belarusian prisons, wh...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-30 November 2025)
As of 30 November 2025, at least 161 cultural figures, including 34 writers, were not free – either imprisoned or in ...
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...