{"id":7881,"date":"2021-07-22T12:28:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T12:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/?p=7881"},"modified":"2024-06-12T13:41:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T13:41:56","slug":"bel-ru-manitoryng-parushennyau-kulturnyh-pravou-i-pravou-chalaveka-u-dachynenni-da-dzeyachau-kultury-u-belarusi-studzen-cherven-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/2021\/07\/22\/bel-ru-manitoryng-parushennyau-kulturnyh-pravou-i-pravou-chalaveka-u-dachynenni-da-dzeyachau-kultury-u-belarusi-studzen-cherven-2021.html","title":{"rendered":"JANUARY-JUNE 2021 MONITORING OF VIOLATIONS OF CULTURAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS AGAINST CULTURAL WORKERS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The saddest thing is that I see no end to it all. There is a total clean-up of the Belarusian world. They destroy according to a devilish plan ..<\/span><\/i>.<\/p>\n

Olga Bobkova, writer<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The Belarusian PEN Center systematically collects information on the implementation of cultural and human rights with regard to cultural workers. From August 2020 to the present, we have been witnesses and documentaries of the prearranged\u00a0 high pressures placed on all of free society and cultural figures in particular. This is a tragic time for freedom of expression, freedom of creativity, freedom of opinion, etc. The socio-political crisis is characterized by the violation of fundamental human rights and freedoms, persecution for dissent, censorship, an atmosphere of fear, and the expulsion of proponents of change.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0This document contains statistics and examples based on the collection and synthesis of information from open sources, correspondence and personal conversations with cultural figures for the period from January to June 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

MAIN RESULTS <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

During the first half of 2021, we noted <\/span>621 cases of human and cultural rights violations.<\/b><\/p>\n

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The number of violations in January-June 2021 is more than the volume of recorded cases for the entire year of 2020 (593) (We are talking specifically about the cases of 2020, which were included in the monitoring review during that year. While collecting data on cases in 2021, we also continue to record the missed cases from\u00a0 2020. It means that there were more of them.<\/span><\/em>)<\/span>. It can be argued that the pressure and repressions, which have been especially strong since August 2020, and which started during the presidential campaigns, have not weakened, instead the repressions are acquiring new forms and are affecting an ever-widening range of Belarusian cultural subjects.<\/span><\/p>\n

The dynamics of recorded violations since 2020:<\/span><\/p>\n

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POLITICAL PRISONERS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

As of June 30, 2021, <\/span>526 people<\/b> were recognized as political prisoners in Belarus. Of the total number of political prisoners, <\/span>39<\/b> are cultural workers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among them:<\/span><\/p>\n