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Persecution, Convictions, Censorship, Cultural Policy<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n The Minsk City Court canceled the registration of the public association <\/span>Zvyano<\/b><\/a>. The pressure on the organization and personally on its founder Ta\u0107ciana Hacura-Javorskaja began after the exhibition \u201cMachine is breathing, but I\u2019m not\u201d, dedicated to Belarusian medical workers who helped people during the COVID-19 outbreak.<\/span><\/p>\n In Brest, the eighth group of defendants \u2014 six persons \u2014 in the <\/span>\u201ckarahod case\u201d<\/b> were convicted to the terms from 1.5 years of open air prison and home imprisonment to 1 year and 7 months in colony.<\/span><\/p>\n In the penal colony in \u0160k\u0142o\u016d political prisoners are <\/span>punished<\/b> by punitive confinement for replying to <\/span>letters of solidarity<\/b> they receive.<\/span><\/p>\n Life of the Imprisoned Peopl<\/span>e<\/b><\/p>\n U\u0142adzimir Mackievi\u010d<\/b>, philosopher and methodologist, founder of the Flying University, has been remanded in custody for another month. He will stay behind bars at least until November 4.<\/span><\/p>\n Ale\u015b Bialacki<\/b> is charged under Article 2 of the Criminal Code, part 2 of Art. 243 (tax evasion) and is facing up to 5 years of custodial restrain or imprisonment for a term of 3 to 7 years.<\/span><\/p>\n Dissent and Cultural Activism<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Hanna Jankuta<\/b>, a writer and translator, member of PEN Belarus, has published a new children’s book in <\/span>audio format<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The third <\/span>online <\/b>discussion<\/b><\/a> within this year’s <\/span>Jerzy Giedroyc Literary Award<\/b> was dedicated to the joint search for an answer to the question “Is there life after receiving Giedroyc?”<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/1_zvyano1-340x240.png\")
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