Statements

Protest against the persecution of the Freedom Day celebration participants

PEN Belarus protests and draws the international community’s attention to a new direction of repression against...

Serbia: Stop the Extradition of Andrej Hniot to Belarus

On 31 May 2024, the Belgrade High Court ordered the extradition of Belarusian filmmaker and co-founder of the “Free A...

The statement on the recognition of 6 people as political prisoners including Nastassia Maciaš

Statement by the human rights community of Belarus May 24, 2024 We, the representatives of the Belarusian human right...

The statement on the recognition of 16 people as political prisoners

Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community April 22, 2024 In connection with information about charges,...

Political prisoner list in Belarus expanded by 11 names

Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community 19 April 2024 As representatives of the Belarusian human rig...

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...

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...

Recommendations and best practices prepared by cultural organisations. April, 2024

[Беларуская версія] [Wersja polska] PEN Belarus prepared these recommendations With the assistance of: International ...

Rekomendacje i najlepsze praktyki przygotowane przez organizacje kulturalne. Kwiecień 2024

[Беларуская версія] [English version] PEN Belarus przygotował niniejsze rekomendacje We współpracy z: Międzynarodowym...

China: Writer Yang Hengjun handed suspended death sentence following deeply flawed trial

Credit: Badiucao 6 February: PEN International joins the undersigned PEN Centres in condemning the handing down of a ...

The statement on the recognition of 6 people as political prisoners

Statement by the human rights community of Belarus December 21, 2023 We, representatives of the human rights communit...

The statement on the recognition of 6 people as political prisoners

Statement by the human rights community of Belarus December 21, 2023 We, representatives of the human rights communit...