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11 June: Eight Anarchists in Belarus Sentenced to Long-Term Imprisonment

June 11 is the International Day of Solidarity with Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners. This year’s theme is “The Landscape Transforms.” This day is traditionally observed to draw attention to American anarchist Marius Mason and other imprisoned anarchists who may be forgotten due to their long sentences. It also emphasizes the importance of fighting against prisons as […]

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News on anarchist political prisoners in Belarus, January-March 2025

In January, Mikita Jemialjanau received another year of his “term” under Article 411 (“malicious disobedience to the demands of the prison administration”). Mikita was detained in 2019 for a series of solidarity actions with the anarchist Dmitry Polienko, who was detained at that time. In 2020, he was sentenced to 4 years in prison, the

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Chronicle of repressions against anarchists and anti-fascists in 2024

The main “novelty” of the past year was mass repressions against relatives of serving and released political prisoners. On January 23, mass searches and detentions of relatives took place in Belarus, and phones were taken away from the detainees for inspection. The articles under which the detentions and searches are carried out are “Financing of

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News on anarchist political prisoners November – December 2024

Aleksandr Frantskevich was transferred to a different penal colone after his trial for “infringement of prison administration’s requests”. He was transferred there at the beginning of October. As a result of the trial, a year was added to his 17-year sentence. Write Aleksandr a letter On 26th of October the court rejected Sergey Romanov’s appeal

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ABC Belarus suspends support for Vital Shyshlou

On 25 August, Siarhei Piatrukhin, a former political prisoner from Belarus, published a video on his YouTube channel. In the video, he spoke about political prisoners held in Correctional Facility No. 3 who cooperate with the prison administration. They often report on other prisoners and receive preferential treatment, such as extra visits, care packages and

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