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The statement on the recognition of 11 people as political prisoners

Statement by the human rights community of Belarus April 17, 2024 We, representatives of the human rights community o...

Georgia: Drop repressive ‘foreign agents’ law

“Attempts by Georgia’s ruling party to reintroduce a so-called ‘foreign agents’ law are of the utmost concern. The mo...

The statement on the recognition of 14 people as political prisoners

Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community April 12, 2024 The Belarusian human rights community notes a...

Authorities in Georgia & Republika Srpska must irrevocably withdraw legislation threatening to stifle independent civil society

Human Rights House Foundation and members of the Network of Human Rights Houses urge the Parliament of Georgia and th...

PEN International Case List 2023/2024: Unveiling the Persecution and Censorship of Writers Amid War

“The role that writers can play in times of uncertainty, diligently curating narratives to nourish empathy, encompass...

PEN International | Safety of Journalists platform 2024 report: serious concern about the use of spyware against journalists, abusive lawsuits and journalists in exile

Strasbourg/Thessaloniki, 05.03.2024 –The unlawful deployments of spyware against journalists, the use of abusive laws...

PEN International calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Andrzej Poczobut

03 November: Belarusian-Polish writer and journalist, Andrzej Poczobut is serving an eight-year sentence in a high-se...

Raid at Sasha Filipenko’s Home, Father Detained!

“My house is being searched. There are seven people with machine guns. The father was taken away. The mother wa...

PEN International Calls for Peace-Dispel all Hatreds

Image: Sandra_M (Shutterstock) 20 October: In the third decade of the 21st Century humans are able to see into the fu...

Belarus: End brutal crackdown on dissent

9 August: Today marks three years since the disputed presidential elections that saw Aliaksandr Lukašenka return to a...

Joint Statement from Belarus human rights defenders’ community on the death in prison of artist Aleś Puškin

It became known on 11 July 2023 that the Belarusian political prisoner, artist Aleś Puškin [Ales Pushkin] died in the...