Cultural rights
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 November 2024)
As of 15 November 2024, at least 170 cultural figures, including not less than 38 People of Word, were behind bars, a...
PEN Belarus Statement on the Day of the Imprisoned Writer
[БЕЛ] Заява Беларускага ПЭНа на Дзень пісьменніка ў няволі [PL] Oświadczenie Białoruskiego PEN z okazji Dnia Uwięzion...
Oświadczenie Białoruskiego PEN z okazji Dnia Uwięzionego Pisarza
[БЕЛ] Заява Беларускага ПЭНа на Дзень пісьменніка ў няволі [ENG] PEN Belarus Statement on the Day of the Imprisoned W...
Take Action for Kaciaryna Andrejeva (Bachvałava) (Belarus)
Name: Kaciaryna Andrejeva (Bachvałava) Occupation: Journalist, writer, poet Situation: Imprisoned #KaciarynaAndrejeva...
Monitoring violations of cultural and human rights of cultural workers. Belarus, January – September 2024
The report is based on the information collected by the PEN Belarus monitors from open sources (89% of facts), throug...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-31 October 2024)
As of 31 October 2024, at least 168 cultural figures, including not less than 38 People of Word, were behind bars. Jo...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 October 2024)
As of 15 October 2024, at least 165 cultural figures, including not less than 37 People of Word, were behind bars. Th...
Banned books
Literature included in the ‘extremist materials’ list in Belarus No. / Title of the book or work / Court ...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-30 September 2024)
As of 30 September 2024, at least 164 cultural figures, including not less than 37 People of Word, were behind bars. ...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 September 2024)
As of 15 September 2024, at least 163 cultural figures, including not less than 37 People of Word, were behind bars. ...
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (15-31 August 2024)
As of 31 August 2024, at least 164 cultural figures, including not less than 38 People of the Word, were behind bars....
Chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (1-15 August 2024)
As of 15 August 2024, at least 165 cultural figures, including not less than 38 People of the Word, were behind bars....