Svyatoslav Baranovich is an active resident of Minsk who will be tried on February 15, 2018 for trying to prevent detention of anarchists in last March. On March 15, 2017 a group of anarchists joined the march against the tax on unemployment. At the end of the demonstration, plain-cloth police tried to detain a few activists when the bloc was hopping on a trolley-bus. Ordinary people who stood nearby started pushing with cops trying to not let them make arrests. Svyatoslav Baranovich was one of them. The cops’ attack was successfully repelled, but a few stops later all anarchists were detained in the same trolley. You might have heard of the story of violent detentions and arrests of 15 days for all activists.
Just some time ago we learnt that Svyatoslav was arrested on October 3, 2017 and accused of using violence against a policeman. His trial has been set for February 15 and he is facing up to 6 years of imprisonment. It’s also known that he has been participating in the protests against elections in 2010, where he got into a fight with SWAT officers who were attacking protesters. He received 3 years of house arrest for that because at that point Belarus was put under sanctions and Lukashenko had to set free many politicals or change the punishment to a milder one.
Today we are calling you to support this antipolice person who got in trouble showing solidarity with anarchists. We don’t know anything about his politics, but this is enough for us to support him. We call you to end him greetings and donate to pay for his lawyer and food parcels.
Send your donations to:
Bitcoin кошелек: 1CcxWEswKjXZgXQCds5KcHfemzrAASVbuv
Paypal account: https://www.paypal.me/abcbelarus or belarus_abc@riseup.net
European Bank Account: upon request
This list is not final and will be updated with new possibilities from now on. We will notify you on the main page about new means of donations.
Please notify us through email about your transaction so we can confirm it and avoid any money loss. Thank you for your support of ABC activity and our comrades in prisons.
Details of contact information can be found at “About us” page, including our pgp key.
Write to Svyatoslav to:
SIZO-1, ul. Volodarskogo 2
222050, Minsk
Belarus
Baranovich Svyatoslav Vladimirovich