In early December, the KGB (Belarusian secret service) included Anastasia Kukhta into the list of “persons who bear relation to terrorist activity.”In November, she had been sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment on charges of participation in 2020 protests (art. 342 of the Criminal Code), calls for sanctions or other actions aimed to harm national […]
Author: ABC-Belarus
Overview of the repressions against anarchist and antifascists in November 2022
Anastasia Kukhta was sentenced to 5 years in prison on November 11th for the participation in the protests, calling for sanctions, and creation or participation in an extremist formation. Mikita Jemialjanau was put into a cell-style housing and also received 10 days in punishment cell. These days are not counted for his sentence. We know […]
Anastasia Kukhta
Anastasia is a social activist from Minsk, was detained on 17 February 2022 and arrested for 15 days allegedly for disorderly conduct. Later she was declared a suspect in a criminal case. She was accused of participation in protests (Article 342), calling for sanctions or actions aimed at harming the national security of the Republic […]
Prisoners and war. What happens inside Russian and Ukrainian prisons while the whole world is not watching
Data correct as of September 2022 The war in Ukraine has kept everyone’s attention for over eight months now. Many were horrified by the atrocities that accompany war efforts and are ongoing. We see dead soldiers, tortured civilians, sad faces of those who found their relatives killed and happy cries of locals on de-occupied territories. […]
Overview of repressions in September 2022
Ihar Bantser received another administrative sentence of 15 days on the 5th of September. He was detained on the 4th of August and since then served 30 days of arrest. Overall, Ihar spent 45 days in temporary detention facility this time. Viktar “Mao” Zharkevich, a famous punk musician, was detained on the 5th of September. […]