Author name: ABC-Belarus

In September, Aliaksei Halauko had six months added to his six-year sentence under Article 411 (disobedience to prison administration). This information only became public in October. In October, under the same Article 411, Aliaksandar Kazlianka’s sentence was increased by 1.5 years, Pavel Shpetny’s by 2 years, and Jauhen Rubashka’s by 1 year. In October, it […]

In August, Ihar Alinevich completed his three-year prison sentence and was transferred to a colony. The so-called court considered Siarhei Ramanau’s appeal against his sentence under Article 411 and rejected it, adding an additional 1.5 years to his sentence. Thus, Siarhei’s total sentence is 24 years and 5 months. On September 14, he was transferred

In 2020, anarchists Akihiro Gaevsky-Khanada and Andrey Chepyuk were among the first to be detained on political criminal charges. They were sentenced to long prison terms in a case involving an international criminal group of anarchists. Almost five years later, Andrey and Akihiro are free, and we talk about their views on the protests, their