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“You definitely won’t be staying on the sidelines, because nothing’s over yet”: an in-depth interview with anarchists Akihiro Gaevsky-Khanada and Andrey Chepyuk. Part 1.

In 2020, anarchists Akihiro Gaevsky-Khanada and Andrey Chepyuk were among the first people detained in politically motivated criminal cases. At first, they and their comrades were charged with taking part in and organizing protests, even though some never even made it to any protests. Later, more and more charges under various articles of the Criminal […]

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News about anarchist political prisoners in Belarus, April-July 2025

In early March, it became known that Mikalai Dziadok had been transferred to pretrial detention center #1 in connection with a new criminal case opened against him. No details were known about it at that time. In April, information appeared about the transfer of Aliaksandar Frantskevich to colony #20. This probably happened after another “trial”

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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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