Dzmitry Dubouski was born on 29 Jule 1986. Before 2010 Dzmitry has lived in Soligorsk for most of his life. He studied at culinary school. His element is hiking, hillwalking and extreme tourism. During 2010-2020 he travelled across Russia and Ukraine. Dzmitry also has a literary talent, he has kept a diary in these years.

Political views

Dzmitry got excited about anarchism in his teens. He joined the movement in Soligorsk and was a co-founder and participant of many groups and initiatives. He was propagating ‘militant anarchism’ – an approach which criticized lifestyle activism and subcultural looks that is repellent to the masses and promoted an image of a well-read, strong and charismatic activists who are good at both agitating and fighting cops and neo-Nazis if necessary.

He was critical of the legal movement and decided to participate directly in the Belarusian Uprising 2020.

Before his arrest in October 2020, Dzmitry was on the run for 10 years persecuted for direct actions of 2009-2010.

Detention and conviction

Dzmitry Dubouski was detained while crossing the border of Belarus on the night of October 28-29, 2020.

He, together with Dzmitry Rezanovich, Ihar Alinevich and Siarhei Ramanau, was charged under a number of articles for setting fire to government officials’ vehicles, the building of the traffic police and the state committee of expertise in the Homieĺ region:

Part 2 of Art. 289 (Act of terrorism);

Parts 2 and 4 of Art. 295 (Illegal actions regarding firearms, ammunition and explosives).

Dzmitry Dubouski and Ihar Alinevich were also charged under Part 1 of Art. 333-1 (Illegal movement across the border of prohibited substances, firearms and explosives).

On December 22, 2021, the Minsk Regional Court sentenced Dzmitry Dubouski to 18 years in the high-security prison. He should also compensate for the “damage caused” and court costs in the amount of 13534 BYN.

Before his arrest in October 2020, Dzmitry was on the run for 10 years persecuted for direct actions of 2009-2010. Dzmitry left Belarus in autumn 2010 amid a crackdown on anarchists and other activists. Dzmitry Dubouski was with Ihar Alinevich in Moscow, when the latter was kidnapped.

In early September 2022, a new criminal case was initiated against Dubouski. On November 15, 2022, he was tried for 2009 and 2010 events in Minsk and Salihorsk in the Zavodski District Court of Minsk. On November 25, Dubouski was found guilty under part 2 of Article 339 of the Criminal Code (‘hooliganism’) and part 2 of Article 218 of the Criminal Code (‘intentional destruction or damage to property’). Judge Aleh Kaliada sentenced the political prisoner to five years in a medium-security penal colony. Since Dubouski had previously been sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment, he was finally sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony by partially combining the penalties.

Detention conditions

During a meeting at the end of December 2021, Dzmitry told his sister that anarcho-partizans were being subjected to torture during the detention: “… my brother was strangled, putting a bag on his head, he repeatedly lost consciousness … He tried to describe it was as if his back was being torn off the ground with his hands. He even tried to remember the name of this torture… He said that his hands were all swollen and bloody from the ties… For several days in the KGB pre-trial detention center he could not move because of damaged ribs… He said that Ihar was cut off the skin on his heels … He began to talk about Siarhei, that he had to cut his hand”.

He was held in the Minsk pre-trial detention center-1, in early February 2022 Dzmitry was moved to the Vitebsk pre-trial detention center-2. On March 16, he was placed in a punishment cell, then the term was extended until April 5. In mid-May 2022, Dzmitry was moved from Detention Facility No. 2 to correctional colony No. 3 (Vit’ba), the administration of which put the political prisoner on a preventive register as “inclined to escape.” It is known that on July 29, on his birthday, the political prisoner was thrown into a punishment cell for 20 days. In this regard, he did not get a short meeting with his sister, moreover, he had already been deprived of a long meeting earlier.

In May 2023, Dzmitry wrote in a letter that he had a “new record” – almost two months in a punitive isolation cell (SHIZO), and from 3 May he was placed in a cell-type facility (CCF) for three months.

In June 2023, Dzmitry was tried for transfer to a prison regime. As a result, in August 2023, the anarchist was moved to prison No. 4 in Mogilev, and from that moment there were even less transfers and even less visits with relatives.

The anarchist spent 110 days in the SHIZO.

Dzmitry Dubouski was put on the list of “terrorists”, which means that he is not allowed to receive money transfers.

Family

His mother is retired in Solighorsk. Dzmitry’s sister lives in Minsk.
He has several close friend in Belarus, Poland, Ukraine and some other Europian coutries.

It is known that in detention Dzmitry began to speak the Belarusian language.

In one of his letters he wrote:

"Don't give up your freedom, show this prison world disobedience and denial! Create your own worlds and keep fighting! Anything is possible..."

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