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Interviews and articles, newest first. My name appears in several spellings: Piotr Markielau, Piotr Markiełaŭ, Pyotr Markelau, Пётр Маркелаў, Пятро Маркелаў, Петр Маркелов.

The Fight for a Free Belarus
Liberty International · Oct 2026 · English

Profile by Daniella Lukach: from physics student to exile, and why I question parts of the Western funding system for Belarusian civil society.

У Вільні адкрываецца новая беларуская прастора «Золак»
REFORM.news · Jun 2025 · Belarusian

Announcement of ZOLAK, a Belarusian space in Vilnius, naming me among its founders.

Piotr Markielau: A Driving Force Behind the Belarusian National Liberation Movement's Impactful Initiative
Students For Liberty · Oct 2023 · English

Profile covering my work on luka.zone, a database of about 7,000 people linked to political repression in Belarus.

This Machine Kills Corruption: Interview with Piotr Markielau of luka.zone
SpeakFreely · Sep 2023 · English

Interview on how luka.zone works and what its database of people involved in political repression lets anyone search.

Belarusians angry about IKEA cooperating with regime
Euroradio · Nov 2022 · English

Interview after the protest at IKEA in Prague, on the company's Belarusian suppliers and prison labour.

IKEA Uses Slave Labour of Prisoners
Anarchistická federace · Nov 2022 · English

Long interview on why I protested at the Prague store and what followed.

Беларус Пятро Маркелаў правёў акцыю ў краме IKEA ў Празе
Radio Svaboda · Nov 2022 · Belarusian

Report on the protest against IKEA's cooperation with Belarusian authorities, and my detention by Czech police.

5 Views From Belarus On The Country's Political Crisis
NPR · Jun 2021 · English

One of five Belarusians profiled during the crisis: five arrests, 67 days in jail, and leaving through the woods.

В Киеве силовики жестко задержали белорусского активиста и пригрозили депортацией
Ukrainska Pravda · May 2021 · Russian

Report of my detention during a protest at the Belarusian embassy in Kyiv.

Piotr Markielau, activist pentru drepturile omului și libertate, despre protestele din Belarus
Project-E · Sep 2020 · Romanian

Interview for Romanian readers on the protests and the brutality of the crackdown.

В Беларуси наблюдатель за выборами жалуется на условия в изоляторе
Current Time · Dec 2019 · Russian

Report on my 14-day arrest for filming a vote count, and the conditions in the Akrescina detention centre.

Активист «Легалайз Беларусь» Маркелов, проведший трое суток на Окрестина за фотошоп
Nasha Niva · Jun 2018 · Russian

My account of three days in the Akrescina detention centre over a Photoshopped picture of a protest.

Young People and Mothers Fight Together to End the War on Drugs in Belarus
Drugreporter · May 2018 · English

Interview on how young activists and the mothers of drug convicts joined forces against Belarus's drug laws.

Drug War Repression in Belarus, Europe's "Last Dictatorship"
TalkingDrugs · Mar 2018 · English

Report on Belarusian drug policy, quoting me on the 15,000 people imprisoned for drug offences.

Актывіст Legalize Belarus: «Змагацца супраць наркотыкаў — гэта папулізм»
Radio Svaboda · Feb 2018 · Belarusian

"Interview of the Week" on decriminalising possession of small amounts and moving towards harm reduction.

Истории отчисленных активистов: Петр Маркелов
Viasna · Jul 2017 · Russian

My story in a campaign defending students expelled from university for their activism.

У рэжыме LIVE
34mag · Mar 2017 · Belarusian

Feature on how live streams change reality. I describe streaming my own detention on a trolleybus, which reached nearly 100,000 views.

20-гадовы назіральнік: «Выбары» — гэта апагей сыстэмы
Radio Svaboda · Oct 2015 · Belarusian

Interview at 20, as an election observer: my satirical local campaign, being expelled from university, and why this electoral system is not mine.

Пацаны идут во власть. Как 19-летний беспартийный студент «страдает вместе с народом»
TUT.BY · Mar 2014 · Russian

Profile of my run for Minsk local council at 19, as a non-party physics student.