On July 29, 2021 a number of searches among anarchists took place in Minsk, during which anarchists Alexandr Belov and Evgeny Rubashko were detained. During the detention Evgeny Rubashko was tortured, strangled by putting a bag over his head, beaten, as well as forcefully fed an unknown alcoholic liquid. Evgeny was able to give more […]
On April 22 the verdict was pronounced in the so-called «Pramen case». Aliaksandr Bialou, Jauhen Rubashka, Artsiom Salavei were sentenced to 5 years in prison, another Artsiom Salavei — to 4.5 years. The gravamen is unknown, since the trial was held in camera. Aliaksandr and Jauhen were arrested on July 29, 2021 and charged with
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In January, Mikita Jemialjanau received another year of his “term” under Article 411 (“malicious disobedience to the demands of the prison administration”). Mikita was detained in 2019 for a series of solidarity actions with the anarchist Dmitry Polienko, who was detained at that time. In 2020, he was sentenced to 4 years in prison, the
News on anarchist political prisoners in Belarus, January-March 2025 Читать дальше »
The main “novelty” of the past year was mass repressions against relatives of serving and released political prisoners. On January 23, mass searches and detentions of relatives took place in Belarus, and phones were taken away from the detainees for inspection. The articles under which the detentions and searches are carried out are “Financing of
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In the 15 years of our collective’s existence, we have gone through several major political crises. During elections, protests, and political repression, the Belarusan anarchist movement has not met with isolation from its comrades. People from all over the world showed solidarity in the struggle against the Belarusan dictatorship and for a just and free
When ideology gets in the way of solidarity Читать дальше »
28 anarchists and antifascists remain in prison, Oleg Avdeenko is under home arrest. Czech writer, musician and dissident Jachim Topol shared his impression of Igor Olinevich’s book «Going to Magadan» in an interview with Euroradio: «And this book about the Belarusian prison of today is absolutely gorgeous, very strong, beautifully written. And, of course, horrifying.
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Belarusian artist Rufina Bazlova creates schemes for embroideries dedicated to activists persecuted by the state as a part of her project #FramedinBelarus. One of such embroideries is dedicated to the so-called «Pramen Case» in which which 4 anarchists were arrested in the summer of 2021. According to the investigation, they took an active part in
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Each year we summarize repressions against anarchists and antifascists in Belarus and try to point out general trends in state violence. To continue the struggle for freedom, we should know what tools our enemies use and should understand the conditions of your comrades. To do so, we suggest reading our 2023 review. Pressure in the
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Today there are two less prisoners in Belarus: Rita Zotova and Nikita Khilkevich have been released. They served two years in prison for pasting stickers of the anarchist collective «Pramen«. The third defendant in the case, Vadim Denisenko, will spend another six months in prison. You can support Vadim by writing him a letter.
Rita Zotova and Nikita Hilkevich were released from prison Читать дальше »
Below you will see various items that we create to boost donations. All the proceeds from sales go to support the anarchist and antifascist prisoners in Belarus. We are collaborating with a few distros in Europe, such as Black Mosquito (Germany) or Sabotage Distro (Poland/EU/World). Both ship worldwide with the exception of Belarus and Russia.
