Cultural rights
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-31 December 2025)
As of 31 December 2025, at least 140 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...
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, ...