Май 2011

Belarusian anarchists sentenced – up to 8 years of hard regime, evidence lacking

On the 27th of May, judge Zhanna Khvoynitskaya sentenced the Belarusian anarchists Ihar Alinevich, Mikalaj Dziadok, Aliaksandar Frantskievich, Maxim Vetkin and Jauhen Silivonchyk. The young men were accused of a number of political actions, amongst which was the attack against the Russian embassy in Minsk in August of 2010. Ihar Alinevich was accused of attacks […]

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Prosecutor asks from 3 to 9 years in prison for Minsk anarchists

The state prosecutor asks to give different terms of imprisonment to five anarchists. The state prosecutors asks the court to find them guilty in violation part 2 of article 339 of the Criminal Code (malicious hooliganism) and part 3 of article 218 (intentional destruction of or damage to property). Besides, Frantsevich is charged with unauthorized

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Day one of the trials on the case of Belarusian anarchists

On May 18 the trial began on the criminal case against Belarusian anarchists – Ihar Alinevich, Mikalai Dziadok, Aliaksandar Frantskevich, Maksim Vetkin and Eugene Silivonchik. They are all young people accused of committing a series of political actions, in particular, the attack on the Russian Embassy in Minsk in August 2010. They were charged under

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Photos: Arbitrary detentions of activists in Belarus

On suspicion of the attack on the Russian Embassy on August 30, 2010 in Minsk 18 people were detained. These were anarchists and activists of social and environmental initiatives. In Belarus, to hold people in detention without charges for more than three days unlawfully, so every 72 hours they were taken again. The heroes of

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