This person was captured by a civilian security guard in a shopping mall while nonviolently expropriating some goods. Without noticing he has a small pocket knife on him which he didn’t want to use as weapon. Even though he was accused of: A theft with a weapon prepared to use. The German court imposed punishment […]
Dzmitry Palijenka
Dzmitry Palijenka is a Belarusian anarchist detained on March 20, 2019. He is charged under three articles: aggravated hooliganism (part 3 of article 339) – for a domestic conflict, when he peppersprayed a drunkard who was annoying Dzmitry; inciting other social discord (article 130) – for several pictures on social networks; as well as desecration […]
European games in Belarus: what will they bring to common Belarusians?
Belarus is to host II European Games in Minsk in June-July this year. Former anarchist prisoner Mikalai Dziadok wrote a few articles on this issue, here is one of them. Belarusian government does a lot to assure foreigners that Belarus is a democratic and safe country. It even lobbied the right to hold the II […]
Dzmitry Palijenka detained again, charged under three criminal articles
Dzmitry Palijenka was detained on March 20, 2019 on suspicion of committing a crime under part 3 of Article 339 of the Criminal Code (“Extremely gross misconduct”). He was accused of pepper spraying a drunk man at the entrance of the block of flats where the activist was expecting a friend. The man tried to […]
Overview of repressions against anarchists and antifascists in Belarus in 2018
At the beginning of the year everybody were shocked by “Network case” in Russia where anarchists were tortured and detained. According to the FSB, a chapter of the “Network” also operated in Belarus. The KGB hasn’t publicly reacted to this statement, however, we noticed increased efforts to recruit youth associated with the anarchist movement in different parts of Belarus.