OSLO, NORWAY (Might 26, 2023) – The Human Rights Basis (HRF)’s Artwork in Protest program is happy to announce Voices of the New Belarus, an artwork exhibition by famend Belarusian playwright Andrei Kureichik and translated by John Freedman. The exhibition brings consideration to the wrestle of the Belarusian individuals in opposition to a brutal despot who, unchained by any ethical constraints, relentlessly assaults dissidents.
Since 2020, Alexander Lukashenko has imprisoned hundreds of people who spoke up in opposition to his regime. Within the final three years, Lukashenko, who has been in energy since 1994, has pushed tons of of hundreds of Belarusians — from manufacturing facility staff to IT programmers to as soon as apolitical residents — to flee their house nation. In 2023, political persecution not solely continues, however it has elevated.
Voices of the New Belarus options 16 monologues of Belarusian political prisoners, together with Maria Kolesnikova, Ales Bialiatski, Nikolai Statkevich, Marina Zolotova, and Igor Losik. A number of the talks come from atypical individuals repressed for talking up in opposition to a brutal regime and who suffered grave penalties because of this, others are distinguished Belarusian opposition figures who spent years opposing Lukashenko. The exhibition additionally options the voices of a number of actors and professors at Yale College, together with that of distinguished American historians, Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore.
This exhibition shall be displayed on Thursday, June 15, from 11:00-12:45 at SALT (situated at Langkaia 1, 0150 Oslo) through the 2023 Oslo Freedom Discussion board.
When dictatorship is on the rise worldwide, and the Lukashenko regime continues to repress atypical individuals in Belarus, it’s paramount we proceed to recollect those that suffered beneath dictatorships.
“Generally the reality requires nothing greater than to be advised verbatim.”
– Andrei Kureichik, Belarusian playwright
“Voices of the New Belarus” was created in partnership with HRF’s Belarus Solidarity Fund, which helps pro-democracy advocates and civil society organizations in Belarus. The challenge can be supported by the David Geffen College of Drama at Yale and the Fortunoff Archive for Holocaust Testimonies of Yale College.
The Human Rights Basis (HRF) is a nonpartisan nonprofit group that promotes and protects human rights globally, with a concentrate on closed societies.
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