{"id":45809,"date":"2023-02-22T15:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T12:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/culture-minister-says-dissident-artists-should-repent\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"culture-minister-says-dissident-artists-should-repent","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45809\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture minister says dissident artists should repent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>February 22, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>&#8220;Traitors should have no place on stage,&#8221; be it a state-sponsored event or a rural gig, Culture Minister Anatol Markievi\u010d has told the ministry&#8217;s board, referring to artists critical of the government.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities will consider individual cases of artists who renounce their former beliefs and want to work for the benefit of Belarus, he added.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t &#8220;If a person sincerely repents his or her words, posts and likes, is ready to work for the state and publicly express the civic position, he or she may be given a second chance,&#8221; the culture ministry&#8217;s press office quoted him as saying.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities would part with artists &#8220;immediately and forever&#8221; should their repentance turn out to be a lie, he noted.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Many artists have fled Belarus fearing politically-motivated persecution after 2020 protests, while others stopped creative work in protest. Kupa\u0142a\u016dcy, a group of former national theater actors and actresses, currently performs abroad.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Belarusian government reportedly has a black list of Belarusian and foreign musicians banned from performing in Belarus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 22, BPN. &#8220;Traitors should have no place on stage,&#8221; be it a state-sponsored event or a rural gig, Culture Minister Anatol Markievi\u010d has told the ministry&#8217;s board, referring to artists critical of the government. 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