{"id":7323,"date":"2021-06-08T08:54:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T08:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/?p=7323"},"modified":"2022-02-12T09:05:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T09:05:12","slug":"gistoryyu-na-akresczina-ne-pasadzish-belaruskaya-kultura-padchas-gramadska-palitychnaga-kryzisu-vypusk-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/2021\/06\/08\/gistoryyu-na-akresczina-ne-pasadzish-belaruskaya-kultura-padchas-gramadska-palitychnaga-kryzisu-vypusk-35.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYou Can’t Imprison History in Akrestsina.\u201d Belarusian Culture during Socio-political Crisis: Issue 35"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Download the pdf-version of issue 35 of Cultural Resistance Monitoring<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Persecution, Convictions, Cultural Policy<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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U\u0142adzimir Piatro\u016d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

U\u0142adzimir Piatro\u016d<\/b>\u2019s [Uladzimir Piatrou] contract wasn\u2019t extended by The Opera House.<\/span><\/p>\n

U\u0142adzimir Piatro\u016d \u2013 People’s Artist of Belarus, in the troupe since 1993 \u2013 in August 2020, together with Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka [Pavel Latushka] and other workers of the Yanka Kupala theatre, recorded anti-violence appeals.<\/span><\/p>\n

From the information of BY_Culture<\/a>,<\/span>\u00a0the new director of the <\/span>Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater<\/b> Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Harbuza\u016d [Viachaslau Harbuzau] is going to fire the artists who spoke against violence in the video appeal in 2020 (188 people), by the end of the summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Three political prisoners from the <\/span>Union of Poles in Belarus<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 <\/span>Irena Biarnackaja<\/b> [Irena Bernatskaya], <\/span>Maryja Ci\u0161ko\u016dskaja<\/b> [Maria Tsishkouskaya] and <\/span>Hanna Pani\u0161ava<\/b> [Hanna Panishava] were deported<\/a> to Poland from the pre-trial prison, with no right to return to Belarus. <\/span>Andrzej Poczobut<\/b>, journalist, and the union\u2019s chairwoman <\/span>An\u017ealika Borys<\/b> were also offered release in exchange for deportation from the country, but they refused. Andrzej Poczobut is denied access to the medication for his heart condition.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Irena Biarnackaja, Maryja Ci\u0161ko\u016dskaja and Hanna Pani\u0161ava<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dzianis Ivano\u016d<\/b>, a chamber choir musician, was detained at his workplace at the Philharmonic on June 1 and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest. Earlier he had served two 15-day terms. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Dzianis Dudzinski and Kaciaryna Rajeckaja<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The apartment of<\/span> Alaksiej Ku\u017amin<\/b> [Aliaksey Kuzmin], the soloist of the band Zakon Huka, was searched on June 2.<\/span><\/p>\n

Financial police came to <\/span>Dzianis Dudzinsk<\/b>i, actor and former BTRC TV-presenter, and <\/span>Kaciaryna Rajeckaja <\/b>[Katsiaryna Raetskaya], producer and his wife. Their apartment was searched. The reason: there are questions with taxes.<\/span><\/p>\n

The apartment of <\/span>Valeryja Kustava<\/b>\u2019s, a poet and journalist, was broken into by the regime\u2019s security forces on June 3, with a search. Valeryja herself was not in the apartment at that time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police officers tried getting into the house of <\/span>Alina Nahornaja<\/b>, the activist promoting the use and spread of the Belarusian language, on June 3. It\u2019s not the first time. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Ihar Klimienka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Unknown individuals tried to access the apartment of <\/span>Ihar Klimienka<\/b>, an artist of the Belarusian State Philharmonic, on June 3.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>Prosecutor General’s Office <\/b>of Belarus wants to interrogate ex-President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus in the case of genocide of the population of Belarus during the Second World War. This was stated by the head of the investigation group Senior Prosecutor of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Belarus Eduard Skuratau.<\/span><\/p>\n

Directors in at least six cultural institutions (theatres, museums and the National Library) were replaced during the half-year work of the new <\/span>Minister of Culture<\/b>, Anatol Markievi\u010d [Anatol Markievich].\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Symbols<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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D\u017amitry Ruto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

D\u017amitry Ruto<\/b> [Dmitry Ruto], a Tribuna.com journalist, was detained on June 1, accused of illegal picketing for a white-red-white scarf in his car and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest. <\/span><\/p>\n

Zinaida Smirnov<\/b>a, a 62-year-old pensioner, was fined 870 rubles [281 EUR] for a white and red scarf she was wearing around her waist.<\/span><\/p>\n

A resident of Brest was sentenced to 3 months in jail<\/b> for tearing a state flag from its flagpole and throwing it on the ground. <\/span><\/p>\n

Volha Veramejenka<\/b>, the owner of the store Admietna\u015b\u0107 <\/span>n Hrodna, specializing in selling goods with national symbols, was detained<\/a> on June 3 for “picketing.” Security forces confiscated several boxes of white-red-white goods. The pressure on the store has been there since January.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Barys Chamajda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Barys Chamajda [Khamaida], <\/b>an activist distributing Belarusian literature, newspapers and magazines under a white-red-white umbrella in the center of Viciebsk, was detained on June 3 for \u201cpicketing\u201d and sentenced to 8 days of administrative arrest. <\/span><\/p>\n

Alaksandr Ivulin<\/b>, a journalist and blogger, was sentenced to 30 days of administrative arrest for a flag hung in his window. According to Alaxandr and the witnesses, there hasn\u2019t been any flag in the window this year, so the police must have hung it there to take pictures and present as evidence of the offense. Alaxandr Ivulin has been actively supporting the protest, including with materials on his Youtube channel<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Life of People Behind Bars<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Anhielina Turaviec <\/b>[Angelina Turavets], who served 20 days of administrative arrest in the Viciebsk detention center for a mask with a white-red-white print, said that she could have a book only for 30 minutes a day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stefanija Cichinskaja<\/b> [Stefania Tsikhinskaya], director and artist, released after 10 days of administrative arrest for white and red paper hearts in her window, spoke about the conditions of the detention for those on political charges: care packages don\u2019t reach the prisoners, toothpaste and brushes can be taken away, if lucky one can get sanitary pads, toilet paper and medication after asking for it many times.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alaksandr Vasilevi\u010d and Nadzie\u017eda Zielankova, photo by\u00a0solidaritywithalexander.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nadzie\u017eda Zielankova<\/b> [Nadziezhda Zieliankova], the wife of <\/span>Alaksandr Vasilevi\u010d<\/b><\/a>\u00a0[Aliaxandr Vasilievich], businessman, co-founder of online media kyky.org and The Village-Belarus, owner of Vondel \/ Hepta Agency and Gallery space \u040e, about his health in the pre-trial prison,<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cHe’s been in jail since August. He’s not getting any healthier. He\u2019s yellow. Sometimes his color becomes normal, white. Then gray, then yellow again. His eyes are always filled with pus. The ligaments on his leg were torn and a surgery is needed. The filling in his tooth fell out, he cannot get it done in prison.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin <\/b>[Ales Pushkin] refused to talk to the Russian-speaking investigator. Also, his detention term has been extended till August 30. <\/span><\/p>\n

Maria Kalesnikava<\/b> was filmed for state television on June 3 without her permission.<\/span><\/p>\n

Natalla Chier\u0161e<\/b> [Natalia Hershe], a political prisoner artist, was put in a punishment cell<\/a>. <\/span>Natalla’s brother was informed that she “has violated the order of serving the sentence.” Natalla was kept in the punishment cell from May 6 to 23, and got there again on May 24.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pavie\u0142 Sieviaryniec <\/b>was allowed a two-hour meeting with his wife and son in the prison, through the phone behind the glass window. <\/span><\/p>\n

Kasia Budzko<\/b><\/a>,<\/span>\u00a0the student activist, political prisoner under trial in the students\u2019 case, writes<\/a> in one of her letters<\/span>\u00a0about the experience of the day-to-day court hearings,<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cActually, if I were tried alone, it would be a real torture, to ride this \u201cuber discomfort\u201d every day, to sit and listen to all this nonsense and to have very little rest. All these disadvantages are offset by one advantage \u2013 11 other cool people, thanks to whom it\u2019s not so difficult to get up at 6 am, sit at the hearings, joke and listen to funny jokes, support each other when needed, in general, with them even going to the court feels fun )))) \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Dissent and Cultural Activism <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Irena Kacia\u0142ovi\u010d [Irena Katsialovich] prepared a review<\/a> of ten <\/span>Belarusian designers<\/b> whose work has become a mirror of public sentiment during these months of resistance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Andrej Ciapin<\/b> [Andrei Tsiapin] produced a rap song and a video clip<\/a> that reminds us of our battle for respect and freedom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n