In spring of 2012, anti-fascist movement of Russia has been targeted with new repressions. An excuse for the repressions was an incident in Moscow club “Vozdukh”, where 17th of December, during a punk-hardcore concert, a conflict between public and the security took place. Security of the club consisted of supporters of the far right, and […]
The Moscow City Court has affirmed the arrest extension until June 24 of alleged Pussy Riot punk gang member Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samutsevich, who have been charged with public disorder in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow. The court ruled against their request to be released. The 3 women participated in
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Alesya Skapintsova, a former colleague of Yauhen Vaskovich from “Bobruiski Kuryer” newspaper, received the first letter from him. A prisoner of Mahilou penal colony No. 4 does not confirm suppositions of Babruisk dwellers, who thought Yauheny does not receive letters only from them. It turned out that his letter do not reach all recipients, Viasna
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Aliaksandr Dziadok had been active in juridical branch for 18 years. When Mr. Dziadok resigned, his son Mikalaj happened to get to the prisoners’ box being one of the accused for so called “Minsk anarchists” case. Human rights defenders recognized him to be a political prisoner. Aliaksandr Dziadok agreed to tell Nasha Niva about Belarusian
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How long has Moscow ABC been in operation, and what does it do? There were previous anti-repression groups, but first incarnation under label of ABC-Moscow was set up in 2003 as a coordinating organ between existing groups, but around 2005 it had degraded to state of mere internet project. Around 2007, group was reorganised as
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