PEN-Centre

The Supreme Court of Belarus has ruled to liquidate the Belarusian PEN Centre.

The reason is still unknown

On Wednesday afternoon, unknown people were trying to get into the apartment of prominent Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich, poet and translator Tatsyana Nyadbai said on Facebook.

On January 13, the Belarusian PEN Centre published a statement on the persecution of writer Uladzimir Arlou, one of the founders of the organisation.