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SUMMARY:Freedom Lecture by Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski
DTSTAMP:20260826T213101Z
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DESCRIPTION:Last year\, Belarusian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Pr
	ize laureate Ales\nBialiatski was released after spending four and a half 
	years in one of\nLukashenko’s penal colonies\, known for its extreme condi
	tions. For decades\,\nBialiatski has campaigned for democracy and human ri
	ghts in Belarus through his\norganization\, Viasna. In the aftermath of th
	e mass protests against president\nLukashenko in 2020 and 2021\, Bialiatsk
	i was arrested and imprisoned. Now\, he\ncomes to De Balie.\n\nIn his Free
	dom Lecture\, Bialiatski will speak about the ongoing struggle for\nhuman 
	rights and democratic freedoms in Belarus\, drawing on his personal\nexper
	ience as an activist and political prisoner put to forced labour. What is\
	nthe current situation in Belarus\, and what future awaits the country? Th
	e\nlecture will be followed by a talk by philosopher and feminist thinker 
	Olga\nShparaga\, who will reflect on the role of feminist solidarity\, car
	e\, and\nartistic resistance in the Belarusian democracy movement.\n\nThe 
	evening will start with an audiovisual performance combining live music\,\
	ndeveloped together with Music for Belarus [https://musicforbelarus.tilda.
	ws/]\,\nand literary testimony built around the essays by Maxim Znak\, a B
	elarusian\nlawyer and writer. Arrested in 2020 for his role in Belarus’s d
	emocratic\nmovement\, Znak spent more than five years in prison. While det
	ained\, he secretly\nwrote The Zekamerone\, a memoir smuggled out of priso
	n. The performance offers a\npreview of a large-scale participatory art pe
	rformance A Percussion Piece that\nwill take place at the East NDSM Wharf 
	on 19 September [https://makenoise.art/]\,\norganized in solidarity with B
	elarusian political prisoners.
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/freedom-lecture-by-nobel-peace-prize-wi
	nner-ales-bialiatski
GEO:52.3630433;4.8828596
LOCATION:De Balie - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1017 RR Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,democracy,geopolitiek & mensenrechten,lecture,
	leidseplein,live,music,performance,talk
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Last year, Belarusian human rights 
	activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski was released after
	 spending four and a half years in one of Lukashenko’s penal colonies, kno
	wn for its extreme conditions. For decades, Bialiatski has campaigned for 
	democracy and human rights in Belarus through his organization, Viasna. In
	 the aftermath of the mass protests against president Lukashenko in 2020 a
	nd 2021, Bialiatski was arrested and imprisoned. Now, he comes to De Balie
	.</strong></p> <p>In his Freedom Lecture, Bialiatski will speak about the 
	ongoing struggle for human rights and democratic freedoms in Belarus, draw
	ing on his personal experience as an activist and political prisoner put t
	o forced labour. What is the current situation in Belarus, and what future
	 awaits the country? The lecture will be followed by a talk by philosopher
	 and feminist thinker Olga Shparaga, who will reflect on the role of femin
	ist solidarity, care, and artistic resistance in the Belarusian democracy 
	movement.</p> <p>The evening will start with an audiovisual performance co
	mbining live music, developed together with <a href="https://musicforbelar
	us.tilda.ws/" target="_blank">Music for Belarus</a>, and literary testimon
	y built around the essays by Maxim Znak, a Belarusian lawyer and writer. A
	rrested in 2020 for his role in Belarus’s democratic movement, Znak spent 
	more than five years in prison. While detained, he secretly wrote The <em>
	Zekamerone</em>, a memoir smuggled out of prison. The performance offers a
	 preview of <a href="https://makenoise.art/" target="_blank">a large-scale
	 participatory art performance <em>A Percussion Piece </em> that will take
	 place at the East NDSM Wharf on 19 September</a>, organized in solidarity
	 with Belarusian political prisoners.</p>
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