Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 May 2026)
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Monitoring of violations of cultural rights and human rights of cultural figures. Belarus, January – March 2026
This report draws on data collected by the PEN Belarus monitoring group from open sources, individual contacts, and p...
Freedom for Andrzej Poczobut must lead to more releases
‘Andrzej Poczobut spent over five years in prison in Belarus simply for daring to speak truth to power. That he was r...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-30 April 2026)
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Writers Under Siege: Defying Silence – PEN International Case List 2026
“When literary heritage and expression are attacked, our capacity to develop the narratives and ideas necessary to un...
verse X change: Building a Literary Bridge Between Belarus and Sweden
A few weeks after the visit of the Belarusian poets and translators to Denmark, a new group of participants set out t...
verse X change: Building a Literary Bridge Between Belarus and Denmark
In March 2026, we began building the Belarusian–Danish literary bridge, verse X change. Four Belarusian poets and tra...
verse X change: «Партыя канчаецца нічыёй». Транстромер (ды іншыя вершы) па-беларуску
Дзвюма творчымі анлайн-сустрэчамі распачаўся супольны беларуска-дацка-шведскі літаратурны праект verse X change. Дзес...
The Museum of Stolen Time. Maksim Znak
In Belarus, prison authorities systematically confiscate and destroy the literary manuscripts, letters and diary entr...
Voice. When it exists, we have no right to be silent. A report from the discussion
This year, PEN Belarus, Viasna, BAJ, Press Club Belarus, and Free Press for Eastern Europe established the Voice of t...
Liubou Luniova: A government afraid of freedom instinctively reaches for the baton
This interview is part of the collection “The Voice of the Freedom Generation ” — a living testimony to the creative ...