{"id":10148,"date":"2022-02-16T15:47:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T15:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/?p=10148"},"modified":"2022-02-16T15:47:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T15:47:36","slug":"mizhnarodny-pen-patrabue-neadkladnaga-i-bezumounaga-vyzvalennya-filosafa-uladzimira-maczkevicha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/2022\/02\/16\/mizhnarodny-pen-patrabue-neadkladnaga-i-bezumounaga-vyzvalennya-filosafa-uladzimira-maczkevicha.html","title":{"rendered":"Philosopher Uladzimir Mackievi\u010d on hunger strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 15 February, he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/euroradio.fm\/ru\/vladimir-mackevich-nachinaet-suhuyu-golodovku-za-reshyotkoy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noindex noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reportedly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> entered a dry strike. Mackievi\u010d has been held in pre-trial detention in Minsk since 4 August 2021 on charges of organising and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, under Article 342 (1) of the Criminal Code of Belarus. He faces up to three years in prison if convicted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PEN International believes that Uladzimir Mackievi\u010d is being targeted for his views and writings critical of the Belarusian authorities. The organisation calls for his immediate and unconditional release and for all charges against him to be dropped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TAKE ACTION: Please send appeals to the Belarusian authorities, calling on them to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Release Uladzimir Mackievi\u010d immediately and unconditionally, and to drop all charges against him;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pending his release, respect Uladzimir Mackievi\u010d\u2019s human rights, including the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment as it pertains to hunger strike, and his right to medical attention;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abide by their international human rights obligations and uphold the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Send appeals to:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andrei Shved<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Role: Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Address: Vul. Internatsianalnaya 22, 220030 Minsk, Belarus<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email: info@prokuratura.gov.by<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vladimir Makei<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Role: Minister of Foreign Affairs<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Address: Vul. Lienina, 19, Minsk 220030, Belarus<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email: mail@mfa.gov.by<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Send copies to the Embassy of Belarus in your own country. Embassy addresses may be found here: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mfa.gov.by\/en\/bilateral\/belarus\/?asd50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noindex noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/mfa.gov.by\/en\/bilateral\/belarus\/?asd50<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please reach out to your Ministry of Foreign Affairs and diplomatic representatives in Belarus, calling on them to raise Uladzimir Mackievi\u010d\u2019s case in bilateral fora.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***Please send appeals immediately. Check with PEN International if sending appeals after 22 February 2022. ***<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please inform PEN International of any action you take and any responses you receive. Messages can be sent to Aur\u00e9lia Dondo, Europe Programme Coordinator: Aurelia.dondo@pen-international.org<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Renowned philosopher Uladzimir Mackievi\u010d has been on hunger strike since 4 February 2022 in protest of his detention and demanding that a date for his trial hearing be set. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":10149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4201,4093],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-solidarity","category-creative-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10148"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10152,"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10148\/revisions\/10152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}