Baradulin, Arlou, Seviarynets get Vasil Bykov For Freedom of Thought awards

Poet Ryhor Baradulin, writer Uladzimir Arlou and politician Pavel Seviarynets today received Vasil Bykau Freedom of Thought awards. The ceremony has just finished in the village of Bychki where Vasil Bykov was born. The award is founded by For Freedom! movement.

Baradulin, Arlou and Seviarynets received special statuettes for "promoting the creation of an independent Belarusian community and the return of Belarus into the European family".


Next year, only one statuette will be awarded, the European Radio for Belarus has learned.

Photo: Nasha Niva