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Six imprisoned Writers Have Been Released!
On 11 September, 52 political prisoners (including 14 foreign citizens), were freed and forcibly taken out of Belarus...
Zmicier Daškievič (released on September 11, 2025)
Publicist, writer.
Statement on the death of political prisoner Andrei Padniabenny behind bars
Joint statement by the human rights community of Belarus As it became known, on September 3, 2025, 36-year-old politi...
Łarysa Ščyrakova (released on September 11, 2025)
Journalist, local historian, documentary filmmaker, popularizer of history and culture.
Mikoła Dziadok (released on September 11, 2025)
Author of the book Colors of the Parallel World, blogger, author of the newspaper Novy Chas, activist of an anarchist...
Uładzimir Mackievič (released on September 11, 2025)
Philosopher, methodologist, essayist, publicist, public figure and TV presenter.
Pavieł Mažejka (released on September 11, 2025)
Head of the cultural space City Life Center in Hrodna, journalist.
Pavieł Vinahradaŭ (released on September 11, 2025)
Blogger, online non-fiction author, and social activist.
The Belarusian book under repression
Introduction Repression against the free Belarusian book: a five-year overview Persecution of writers: statistics The...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-31 August 2025)
As of 31 August 2025, at least 160 cultural figures, including 41 writers, were not free – either imprisoned or in ho...
Ivan (Jan) Marozaŭ
Wiki-author, one of the initiators of Belarusian-language activity in LiveJournal, known under the nickname hondurazian.
Torture and discrimination against women in Belarus: “Legal Initiative” appeals to CEDAW to initiate an investigation
The Belarusian human rights organization Legal Initiative has submitted an official request to the UN Committee on th...