On March 22, the Volkovysk District Court (Judge Sergeyko N.A.) ruled to transfer Nikita Yemelyanov to a prison regime from correctional camp. We remind you that in March last year, Nikita was sentenced to an additional 2 years of imprisonment, allegedly for malicious disobedience to the requirements of the administration of prison No. 4 in […]
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On 7 February, Dzmitry Dubouski’s appeal hearing took place in the Minsk City Court. Judge Jauhien Pisarevich left the sentence unchanged. Dzmitry’s cumulative sentence for participation in direct actions in 2008-2010 and in 2020 is 20 years of imprisonment.On 25 February Dzmitry was transferred to a penal colony nr. 3 near Viciebsk. Also on 7
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2022 brought the repressions and squashing of any free thought at the same scale as in 2021. After the full scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, conducted though the Belarusian territory as well, things couldn’t be different. Lukashenko’s dictatorship needed to subdue everyone who could rebel against it. Criminal prosecution Receiving information about politically motivated
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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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Andrei Chapiuk | Andrey Chepyuk Arrest date: 02.10.2020Charges: – preparation for participation in mass riots, – participation in an international criminal organisation of anarchists, – incitement of hatred against the police, – destruction of property.Sentence: 5 years and 9 monthsPlace of detention: IK-22Release date: 18.04.2025 Birthday: 17 May Andrei was born on 17 May 1996,
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