A Message of Solidarity to Belarusian Friends

Dear Ms. Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich and the writers of Belarus PEN:

    The members of the Japan P.E.N. Club send a message of solidarity to the members of Belarus PEN, who continue their heroic activities during difficult times.
    Heading Belarus PEN, Ms. Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich showed sympathy for the people of Fukushima, and we will never forget her support.
    We, the members of the Japan P.E.N. Club, are outraged that Lukashenko continues to commit brutality, disregarding international conventions and laws. We are deeply concerned to witness the horrific future society envisioned by Zamyatin and Orwell becoming more than mere fiction. We all stand in solidarity with            Belarusian citizens who are protesting without violence for the future of their country and democracy.
    The Japan P.E.N. Club urges the Government of Japan to continue to raise its voice in protest along with the international community, and promises to continue to protest with our friends of Pen International.

    In friendship and deep literary sympathy,

12 July 2021
The Japan P.E.N.Club
President Kirino Natsuo

Akikata Nishizawa
Akiyama Masashi
Amari Kimika
Asada Jirō
Asami Natsuki
Durian Sukegawa
Fujiwara Masahiko
Gunji Satoshi
Hamada Keiko
Hamada Masako
Hamano Kyoko
Higuchi Yuko
Hino Haruko
Ide Tsutomu
Ishihara Kosai
Ishii Tatsuhiko
Ishii Tsutomu
Kanamaru Hiromi
Kanehira Shigenori
Kato Junko
Katow Shigetaka
Katsuo Satoshi
Kawabe Takehiko
Kawaguchi Toshio
Kawai Yasuko
Kawamura Ikuko
Kimizuka Tadao
Kiyohara Yasumasa
Kobayashi Ayano
Kobayashi Erika
Kobayashi Kazuko
Konno Bin
Kōno Mariko
Kumakura Hiroyasu
Kutsuwada Takafumi
Kuzki Shaw
Levinson Edward
Matsuda Yu
Matsuda Yuhachi
Michishita Kyōko
Misaki Junko
Morgenstern Yoko
Mori Eto
Mori Midori
Morita Komi
Morita Ryuji
Murata Kazuko
Nagase Togo
Nagashima Yukio
Nagazono Yasuhiro
Naito Shiro
Nakabe Hiroshi
Nakajima Kyōko
Nakamura Atsuo
Nasu Masamoto
Nishiki Masaaki
Nishiyama Rika
Nogami Akira
Nonaka Hiiragi
Nozaka Etsuko
Numano Mitsuyoshi
Ochiai Sanae
Ohnishi Toshio
Okahashi Yōko
Ōtaka Shō
Reijō Hiroko
Ryo Michico
Saito Mitsugu
Sakuma Ayako
Sarada Tamako
Sato Ayako
Sawano Muneshige
Seki Mitsutoshi
Shibata Katsumo
Shimojuu Akiko
Shishido Kenji
Sumikawa Midori
Suzuki Etsuko
Suzuki Hisao
Tachibana Kagari
Takahashi Chihaya
Takahashi Chikako
Takahashi Yoichi
Takigawa Osamu
Takita Seiichirō
Tanimoto Tamiko
Tendo Taijin
ToJo Shiro
Tokunaga Shin
Tsuruta Shizuka
Uemura Misuzu
Usui Akio
Yaguchi Atsuko
Yamada Kenta
Yamana Miwako
Yoshida Kyoko
Yoshioka Shinobu

（98 signatures as of July12, 2021）

A Message of Solidarity to Belarusian Friends from the Japan PEN Club(PDF)

Belarusian version Ліст салідарнасці нашым сябрам у Беларусі

Japanese version A Message of Solidarity to Belarusian Friends from the Japan PEN Club(Japanese version)

Russian version Письмо солидарности нашим друзьям в Беларуси