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 […]
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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 […]
Interview “Update on the situation in Belarus” from November 20th by A-Radio Berlin
A-Radio: So, once again we are talking with Maria from Minsk in Belarus. We had a talk at the end of August about the uprising in Belarus. So now, first of all thanks for taking the time to talk to us and yeah, we wanted to reach out again to get an update on the […]