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 ...
Dyskusja z laureatami Nagrody „Głos pokolenia wolności” oraz prezentacja książki elektronicznej
Nagroda została już przyznana 18 wybitnym przedstawicielom białoruskiego środowiska literackiego, dziennikarskiego i ...
Święto literatury białoruskiej / Nagroda im. Jerzego Giedroycia
15/11/2025 gala i wydarzenia towarzyszące ECS wstęp wolny Nagroda im. Jerzego Giedroycia to najważniejsza niezależna...
Laureates of the Voice of the Freedom Generation Award
With great respect and joy we present to you the laureates of the Voice of the Freedom Generation Award. The award wa...
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...
Siarzhuk Sys: “A person without a spark is like a poem without rhythm”
This interview is part of the Voice of the Freedom Generation collection, which is a living testimony to the creative...
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 ...