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Belarusian poet: Nobel Peace Prize win must galvanize support

October 7, 2022

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Belarusian political activist Ales Bialiatski, as well as two human rights organizations, Memorial in Russia and the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine. Valzhyna Mort, a poet born in Belarus, can speak to the political repression in Belarus and the significance of Ales Bialiatski’s activism on human rights.

International
Arts & Humanities

Belarusian journalist’s arrest sends message: ‘nobody is safe’

May 24, 2021

Valzhyna Mort, professor in Cornell University’s English department, is a poet born in Minsk, Belarus and comments on the arrest of Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich. 

International
Law and Policy

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