Pavel
Belavus
Pavel Belavus was born on August 22, 1987, in Lida. He has co-founded and run the Art Syadziba cultural site and the Symbal.by store of national symbols, clothes, and souvenirs. Pavel has also worked as a journalist, contributing to the RFE/RL Belarusian service. In 2018, he was an active participant in the public campaign to recognize the white-red-white flag as a historical and cultural asset and co-organized the BNR-100 Freedom Day concert. In 2020, with the BNR-100 team, Pavel launched the Hodna campaign, and in August he joined the Coordination Council.
For his public activities, Pavel has been repeatedly persecuted, including punished in administrative cases. He has been under arrest on criminal charges since November 2021.
Find Pavel's current address on his PERSONAL PAGE at the Viasna Human Rights Center website. Click SEND A POSTCARD to support him and sign a postcard for the political prisoner.
"There are no friends or strangers here..."
There are no friends or strangers here
Like a curse everyone carries their own pain
And a punch in the guts
Multiplies the truth by zero
Here the hope is like the rumble of a tram
That runs through the day-to-day captivity:
Either the way home is awaiting us
Or we’ll be crushed on the rails
Not capable of hiding distrust here
Nor finding any tenderness in their eyes
Because while some are building their career
Others are trying to commit a suicide
Friendship here is like a cigarette smoke
It fades away — the stub falls to the bucket
There are no secrets worthy to be told
It’s better not to trust, not to believe in good
A cup of hot tea warms me up
A noise from the window calls me outside
When the path to freedom is closed,
Just build it in your head.
In language and poems, in bright people that are in dark places, — Belarus Lives.
POEMS FROM PRISON IS A JOINT PROJECT OF THE FREEDOM POSTCARDS INITIATIVE AND People’s Embassy of Belarus in Brazil.
Pavel
Belavus
Pavel Belavus was born on August 22, 1987, in Lida. He has co-founded and run the Art Syadziba cultural site and the Symbal.by store of national symbols, clothes, and souvenirs. Pavel has also worked as a journalist, contributing to the RFE/RL Belarusian service. In 2018, he was an active participant in the public campaign to recognize the white-red-white flag as a historical and cultural asset and co-organized the BNR-100 Freedom Day concert. In 2020, with the BNR-100 team, Pavel launched the Hodna campaign, and in August he joined the Coordination Council.
For his public activities, Pavel has been repeatedly persecuted, including punished in administrative cases. He has been under arrest on criminal charges since November 2021.
Find Pavel's current address on his PERSONAL PAGE at the Viasna Human Rights Center website. Click SEND A POSTCARD to support him and sign a postcard for the political prisoner.
"There are no friends or strangers here..."
There are no friends or strangers here
Like a curse everyone carries their own pain
And a punch in the guts
Multiplies the truth by zero
Here the hope is like the rumble of a tram
That runs through the day-to-day captivity:
Either the way home is awaiting us
Or we’ll be crushed on the rails
Not capable of hiding distrust here
Nor finding any tenderness in their eyes
Because while some are building their career
Others are trying to commit a suicide
Friendship here is like a cigarette smoke
It fades away — the stub falls to the bucket
There are no secrets worthy to be told
It’s better not to trust, not to believe in good
A cup of hot tea warms me up
A noise from the window calls me outside
When the path to freedom is closed,
Just build it in your head.
In language and poems, in bright people that are in dark places, — Belarus Lives.
POEMS FROM PRISON IS A JOINT PROJECT OF THE FREEDOM POSTCARDS INITIATIVE AND People’s Embassy of Belarus in Brazil.