BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:24603@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Inside the Lukashenko Prison System DTSTAMP:20260708T213515Z DTSTART:20260905T173000Z 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 also feature an audiovisual performance combining live music\ nand literary testimony built around the essays by Maxim Znak\, a Belarusi an\nlawyer and writer. Arrested in 2020 for his role in Belarus’s democrat ic\nmovement\, Znak spent more than five years in prison. While detained\, he secretly\nwrote The Zekamerone\, a memoir smuggled out of prison. The performance offers a\npreview of a large-scale participatory art performan ce A Percussion Piece that\nwill take place at the East NDSM Wharf on 19 S eptember [https://makenoise.art/]\,\norganized in solidarity with Belarusi an political prisoners. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/inside-the-lukashenko-prison-system 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:

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 .

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.

The evening will also feature an audiovisual performance combining live music and literary testimony built around the essays by Max im Znak, a Belarusian lawyer and writer. Arrested in 2020 for his role in Belarus’s democratic movement, Znak spent more than five years in prison. While detained, he secretly wrote The Zekamerone, a memoir smuggl ed out of prison. The performance offers a preview of a large-scale participatory art performance < em>A Percussion Piece that will take place at the East NDSM Wharf on 19 September, organized in solidarity with Belarusian political priso ners.

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