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Demanding the detained writer’s release, the Belarusian PEN Centre unites with sister agencies on the freedom to publish. Roman Protasevich. Image: A shot posted July 22, 2018, by Protasevich to his Twitter account A Joint Statement of Eight Organizations As many world capitals and cultural advocacy organizations work to formulate responses, PEN Belarus is, appropriately, among the first out this morning (May 24) with a statement on Sunday’s high-flown interception and arrest of opposition Telegram writer-activist Roman Protasevich. “According to the information available to us,” writes the PEN Belarusian Centre in a joint statement with seven associated advocacy organizations, “Roman Protasevich is accused by the Belarusian authorities of committing crimes under “part 1 of article 293 of the criminal code (organization of mass riots); part 1 of article 342 of the criminal code (organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order);

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