Winter On the night of 17 January Belarusian border guards took Mikalai Dziadok off the bus Vilnius–Minsk. Dziadok was returning home from university studies. Then a personal customs examination of Dziadok was performed. No reason for special examination was given, but Dziadok himself links it to the fact of his presence in the lists of […]
Anarchist Sergey Romanov faces a second prison term
Sergey Romanov is an anarchist from Gomel, who was released from the penitentiary in summer 2019. Before that we had not written about his case at the request of Sergei himself, he saw no point in revealing his data and details of the case. For many years, Sergey was constantly persecuted by law enforcement agencies […]
Comrades from Rojava express solidarity with anarchist in Russia and Belarus
This month, first sentences were given to anarchists in «Network» case in Russia. They were given from 6 up to 18 years in prison. In addition to that, two other anarchists were imprisoned in Belarus for 7 years. As anarchist and socialist comrades in Rojava, we join the call for the week of solidarity. We […]
Two anarchists from Belarus sentenced to 7 years for series of direct actions
On February 12, 2020, Mikita Yemelyanau and Ivan Komar were found guilty of intentional destruction of property on several accounts. Activists were detained on October 20, 2019, just after an attack with a Molotov cocktail on the pre-trial detention facility in Minsk made in solidarity with another anarchist Dzmitry Paliyenka (who was kept there at […]
A Call for Solidarity Actions February 22-29
We must not forget the anarchists and anti-fascists suffering repression in Russia! We are calling for people to take action of all forms to express support for these prisoners, to protest the prison system, and to spread information about the use of torture as an instrument of repression in Russia.