Maksim Vetkin

Brief review of the process of Belarusian anarchists

The preliminary investigation into the criminal case was accompanied with serious process violations of the convicts’ rights, including: arbitrary detention, violations of the terms and procedures of detention established by the Criminal-Process Code of the Republic of Belarus (CPC), violation of the right to defense, and violation of the presumption of innocence. The detention of […]

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Belarusian anarchists sentenced – up to 8 years of hard regime, evidence lacking

On the 27th of May, judge Zhanna Khvoynitskaya sentenced the Belarusian anarchists Ihar Alinevich, Mikalaj Dziadok, Aliaksandar Frantskievich, Maxim Vetkin and Jauhen Silivonchyk. The young men were accused of a number of political actions, amongst which was the attack against the Russian embassy in Minsk in August of 2010. Ihar Alinevich was accused of attacks

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Prosecutor asks from 3 to 9 years in prison for Minsk anarchists

The state prosecutor asks to give different terms of imprisonment to five anarchists. The state prosecutors asks the court to find them guilty in violation part 2 of article 339 of the Criminal Code (malicious hooliganism) and part 3 of article 218 (intentional destruction of or damage to property). Besides, Frantsevich is charged with unauthorized

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Day one of the trials on the case of Belarusian anarchists

On May 18 the trial began on the criminal case against Belarusian anarchists – Ihar Alinevich, Mikalai Dziadok, Aliaksandar Frantskevich, Maksim Vetkin and Eugene Silivonchik. They are all young people accused of committing a series of political actions, in particular, the attack on the Russian Embassy in Minsk in August 2010. They were charged under

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A call for common actions in solidarity with Belarusian anarchists on May 12-15

It’s been 7 months now since the “case of arsons” was started in Belarus. All this time our friends and comrades have been held behind the bars. Having started with random detentions of activists of radially different political views in September last year, the case is finally coming to an end – it is being

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