Statements

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

PEN Belarus prepared these recommendations With the assistance of: International Union of Belarusian Writers  Civic C...

Заява аб прызнанні 10 чалавек палітычнымі зняволенымі

Заява праваабарончай супольнасці Беларусі 12 сакавіка 2024 г. Мы, прадстаўнікі праваабарончай супольнасці Беларусі зн...

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...

The statement of human rights defenders on the recognition of eight people as political prisoners

Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community December 4, 2023 In connection with information about charge...

Statement of the human rights community on the recognition of 13 new political prisoners

Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community November 22, 2023 In response to the increasing number of co...

Statement of the human rights community on the International Day of Solidarity with Belarus

Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community November 12, 2023 On the International Day of Solidarity wit...

PEN Centers Condemn Belarusian Court’s Verdict in Trial of Writer Ales Bialiacki

PEN America, PEN Belarus, PEN Armenia, and PEN Moscow Make Joint Statement on International Writers for Peace Day.

Join PEN International and PEN Belarus statement in solidarity with Ales Bialiatski

3 March: Today a court in Minsk sentenced writer, Nobel Peace Prize winner and PEN Belarus member Ales Bialiatski to ...