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 […]
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Mikita Khilkevich | Nikita Khilkevich – Released Arrest date: 28.12.2021Charges: – gross violation of public order– damage to private propertySentence: 2 yearsPlace of detention: Released!Release date: 12.10.2023 Mikita Khilkevich is a young man from Chechersk. He was convicted together with Rita Zotava and Vadzim Dzenisenka for posting flyers of the anarchist group “Pramen”, which, according
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Vadzim Dzenisenka | Vadim Denisenko* Arrest date: 28.12.2021Charges:– organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them;– desecration of structures and damage to property;Sentence: 2,5 годаDetention place: IK-3Release date: 15.04.2024 Vadzim worked as a sound operator at the Checherskiy District House of Culture. His birthday is 19 August 1992.
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Fundraising to support imprisoned anarchists and anti-fascists in Belarus
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Ryta Zotava | Rita Zotova* – Released! Arrest date: 28.12.2021Charges: – organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them– desecration of buildings and damage to propertySentence: 2 yearsPlace of detention: ReleasedRelease date: October 2023 Ryta Zotava – psychology student of the Homiel State University. She was born on
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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) –
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Interview on the political prosecution of anarchists on example of comrade Rubashko.
In the beginning of March Anastasiya Kukhta faced criminal prosecution. Initially she had been detained on 17 February on administrative charges, her apartment had been searched and she had been sentenced to 15 days of arrest. On 4 March, she became a suspect in a criminal case, and on 12 March she was charged with
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At the beginning of January it became known that Mikalai Dziadok was put in a punishment cell for three days on New Year’s Eve, and has been precautionary filed as “prone to suicide and self-mutilation” – for having cut his hands and stomach six years ago in a correctional institution. The anarchist already has seven
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ABC-Belarus countered unprecedented quantity of repressions in 2021. We cannot say that it was unexpected. We expected exactly this after 2020 protests. But such predictability doesnʼt make the burden of anti-repression activism easier. The difference with previous waves of repression is that the massive repressions against anarchists and antifascists are happening simultaneously with even more
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