The campaign to collect funds for the audio book of Wladimir Matskevich, who is now behind bars, was started by his like-minded people and colleagues back in the summer.

Yesterday, a message appeared on the philosopher's page in social networks that the work on the project is finished and the collection of essays is now available for listening on the SoundCloud platform, writes Reform.by.

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"Freedom and Thought: Essays on Civil Society" is a collection of essays by Wladimir Matskevich, which was written in December 2019 - January 2020.

In it, the author analyzes the foundations of civil society and the role in its development and the existence of such phenomena as public opinion, the media and the state.

He also analyzes how civil society relates to the nation, various actions and practices of public participation.

According to the opinion of the philosophical circle, the book will help to understand the events that took place in Belarus in 2020, as well as the current situation.

Cultural expert, publicist, activist

worked as editor of the project .

The "voice" of the book is Oleg Garbuz, a "Kupalovian" actor

• Uladzimer Matskevich is a public and political figure, TV presenter, founder and head of the Humanitarian Technologies Agency, the first chairman of the Council of the international consortium "EuroBelarus", the founder of the "Flying University" and a member of the main staff of the Coordination Council.

• He was detained on August 4, 2021.

• In February 2022, after six months of imprisonment, he went on hunger strike for 13 days with the demand that his case be transferred to the court and the date of the trial be set.

  This caused a wide public response, hundreds of scientists, writers, philosophers from all over the world expressed their support for Matskevich.

• On June 23, 2022, Wladimir Matskevich was sentenced to 5 years in prison, finding him guilty under three articles of the Criminal Code: Part 1, Art.

  342 (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them), Part 1, Art.

  3611 (creating an extremist formation) and Part 1 of Art.

  368 (insult of the president).

  The process took place from June 9 behind closed doors.

• Now the philosopher is in Correctional Colony No. 17 in Shklov.

  In October, his name was added to the list of "extremists" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

• In August of this year, friends and colleagues of Wladimir Matskevich created a website of the Belarusian intellectual, where you can get acquainted with his works.