For over 10 years ABC-Belarus is supporting antifascists, anarchists and other political prisoners in their struggle against dictatorship of Alexander Lukashenko. Last uprising of 2020 provoked a huge wave of repressions against the activists of all kinds. Right now over 1000 people are in prison for political reasons. Among them 26 are anarchists and antifascists. […]
Tag: Belarus
Anti-authoritarian Voices in Uprising against the Dictatorship
The former Soviet republic of Belarus exploded into angry protests last August in the wake of contested presidential elections resulting in a totally implausible landslide victory for long-ruling strongman Alexander Lukashenko. Police, riot squads and army troops unleashed harsh repression, using rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades and water-hoses against demonstrators who objected to the results in […]
Brochure “Uprising in Belarus from anarchist perspective”
Many months have passed since the beginning of the uprising in Belarus. The euphoria of August 2020 gradually turned into depression for some, but for many it became the basis for political organization against the dictatorship. And although the protests in the streets have so far disappeared and the dictator thinks he has won, daily […]
Overview of repressions against anarchists and anti-fascists in Belarus in 2020
Winter Winter started with the termination of criminal prosecution against anarchist G.A. https://abc-belarus.org/?p=12633 under article 341 of the Criminal Code (desecration of buildings and damage to property), who had been previously suspected of drawing a tag against the European Games, which were held in Belarus from June 21 to 30 2019). On February 12th, in […]
“They threatened to rape, said they would take me to the Gestapo or the forest”.
Nikolai Dedok story, handed over to Radio Svaboda. On November 12, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on the arrest of anarchist blogger Nikolai Dedok. Then the press service of the department claimed that the detainee “actively cooperates with the investigating authorities and gives confessions.” At the same time, on the record, published together with […]