It’s been almost two years since the uprising in Belarus was suppressed by the regime. It left many anarchists in jails, while others had to flee from their country in fear of repression. In this text, a member of Anarchist Black Cross Belarus will dwell on what it’s like to keep doing anti-repressive work when […]
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Daniil Chul Arrest Date: 02.03.2021Charges: – Involvement in criminal organization– Gross violation of public orderSentence: 5 years + €5,600 finePlace of detention: IK-15Release date: 02.03.2025 Daniil was born on 15 October 2000, a local of Brest. He was interested in creating music, in programming, and wanted to develop Android and Windows applications. Before his arrest,
2022 brought the repressions and squashing of any free thought at the same scale as in 2021. After the full scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, conducted though the Belarusian territory as well, things couldn’t be different. Lukashenko’s dictatorship needed to subdue everyone who could rebel against it. Criminal prosecution Receiving information about politically motivated
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On 28 December 2022, the ministry of justice annulled licenses of a number of lawyers, including Viktar Matskievich, who had defended anarchists Ihar Alinievich and Akikhira Gajeuski-Khanada. Earlier, on 1 December an extraordinary attestation of Viktar Matskievich took place. The certifying committee decided that the lawyer allegedly has insufficient qualification, and then the ministry ruled
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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
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