Belarusian lawyer and expert in copyright Maria Kolesava-Hudzilina, with the support of the Belarusian Council of Culture, is starting work aimed at bringing the Belarusian regime to justice for the deliberate violation of copyright at the state level!

131 cultural workers were behind bars, as of end of April, 2023 — PEN Belarus published the chronicle of human rights violations in the sphere of culture (April 15-30, 2023). Read here: penbelarus.org/en/2023/05/02/…

13 years of prison to Pavel Belavus. Because he just loved our country and cultivated Belarusian culture. He has wife and two small children. All their property may be confiscated. We can help his family! bysol.org/be/private/pav…

Today is the #DayofSolidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus. 1500+ political prisoners are now unjustly detained, 140+ of them are cultural workers. You can support them: byculture.org/en/donate

Our new issue of Belarusian culture review. Read about general situation and latest trends in literature, cinema, theatre and music here: culture.byculture.org/en

#art_born_belarus campaign continues! Today we pay attention to Slutsk belts — the items of the world-known decorative and applied art . Here you can find a template letter to send to the fairgrounds that has the incorrect signature of the Slutsk belts. issuu.com/belarusiancoun…

Mikalai Zayats is the former Belarusian political prisoner and press secretary of the Kupala Theatre. He spent 26 days in prison, he was subjected to violence and beatings. Mikalai managed to flee abroad. Let's help him get on his feet in a new country! getdonate.org/en/campaign/454

The co-founding Artistic Directors of Belarus Free Theatre Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin (Nicolai is an Belarusian Council for Culture expert as well) have been awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire for Services to Theatre in the King’s Birthday 2023 Honours List. Congrats!🎉

Musicians Nadzia and Uladzimir from band Irdorath left Belarus. They were sentenced to 2 years in prison for political reasons and were released in April'23. Help them: libereco.org/spenden/ ("Irdorath") or via PayPal [email protected] ("Donation for Irdorath").

Welcome VODBLISK — an online theatre for independent Belarusian cinema! It was created by Northern Lights Film Festival's team to promote film(maker)s from Belarus. New movies are added monthly. The film of July is "Lake of Happiness" by Aliaksei Paluyan! en.vodblisk.northernlightsff.com

July, 7th is the Global Day of Belarusian Culture! In video, we remembered how it was in 2022 and hope that this year it will also be inspiring. Join the celebration - and #SpeakBelarus (this is the motto of the #ByCultureGlobal23 campaign)! More info: belarusis.art

❗ Ales Pushkin, Belarusian artist and political prisoner, dies. As his wife Yanina wrote on Facebook, it happened in intensive care of Hrodna hospital under unclear circumstances.

We organize this fundraising campaign in memory of Ales Pushkin, Belarusian artist, who died in prison on July 11. The aim is to support the artist's family. We also have the intention to promote further work with his creative heritage. Donate here: getdonate.org/en/campaign/456

"By investing in culture, we support social responsibility and civic activism". "More Than Culture" is our manifesto of the Belarusian cultural field, which was written within the creation process of the Roadmap for the Belarusian Culture Support. Read: byculture.org/manifesto_more…

"We Care!": Belarus unites in a 12-h online solidarity marathon with political prisoners to raise funds for them and their families. Join the LIVE broadcast July, 29 youtube.com/live/fUs0A5oJ9… … and donate salidarnasc.com

Today is the International Day of Solidarity with #Belarus. On the anniversary of the elections of August 9, 2020, we are calling the entire world community to #StandWithBelarus 🤍❤️🤍 standwithbelarus.org

Belarusian Council for Culture: what did we do from January to June in 2023? See our report: byculture.org/en/reports

Abraham Jacobi Bogdanove is a new name in our #art_born_belarus campaign! Often the museum shields attribute him as “the Russian” or  “the Russian / American artist”. Why it is not the whole truth, see our letter to museums: issuu.com/belarusiancoun…

Summarized our performance for the full year. Read more byculture.org/en/reports

MAILLOL museum in Paris mislabels Nadia Léger’s birthplace as Russian village. But Belarus not Russia! p.s. You can send a letter to the museum with a request to correct the artist’s place of birth to Belarus. Download the template here: byculture.org/art_born_belar…