Pavel Bialanau is a punk musician from Grodno, he used to play in the Deviation band known for its critical towards authorities lyrics. On 29 May 2022 he was called for an interview by the police in the case of some protest graffiti. He was stripped and cops took pictures of his tattoos, one of […]
Author: ABC-Belarus
News from Lukashenko’s prison cells, May 2022
On 1 May in Brno (Czech Republic) a premiere of the play “On the Way to Magadan: Don’t Believe, Don’t Be Afraid, Don’t Ask” took place (the image shows a scene from the play) based on the book by the Belarusian anarchist Ihar Alinevich, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison last year. The […]
Aleh Audziejenka | Oleg Avdeyenko
Aleh Audziejenka is an anarchist from Minsk. Detained on 25 February 2022 for 15 days and later charged with organising actions that grossly disrupt public order. Has been in custody since then. On 5 July 2022, he was sentenced to 3 years of home confinement and released in the court room. The time he spent […]
Hanna Pyshnik | Anna Pyshnik
Hanna Pyshnik (Chympajesh) was detained on 22 March 2022 in Mozyr and shares anti-fascist views. According to the prosecution, she “shot a video of helicopters and sent it to a destructive media resource” – Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code (assistance to an extremist formation). Pyshnik (Chimpoyesh) Anna GennadyevnaSIZO-3, ul. Knizhnaya 1A, Gomel, 246003Birthday – […]
Jauhen Rubashka’s last word in court
Before the final accusation, I wrote down inconsistencies, points for clarification and counterarguments during the trial. After the final accusation, the need for them disappeared. And it’s not even that the absurd and untenable state prosecution – which echoes the vision of GUBOPiK (Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of the MVD) – […]