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Detentions and prosecutions against the initiative ‘Food Not Bombs’ in Minsk

From the first months of the initiative ‘Food Not Bombs’ in Minsk, the participants were faced with police attention. Initially, these ‘encounters’ were irregular and probably coincidental. But since the end of 2009 the police was deliberately attending food distribution. ABC Belarus collected references to these situations from open sources, describing only part of all […]

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Supreme Court dismissed Ihar Alinevich’s complaint

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The Supreme Court of Belarus has dismissed supervisory complaint against the verdict of Ihar Alinevich. It has been done in almost half a year later the supervisory complaint was accepted for consideration, Belarusian Partisan informs. The Supreme Court of Belarus has dismissed the complaint of Ihar Alinevich, a political prisoner, to consider the verdict in

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Minsk courts convict attendees of benefit concert

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Today, Minsk Tsentralny District Court has considered the administrative charges brought against the teenagers arrested during the “Food Not Bombs” benefit concert held in the city’s MTZ Palace of Culture on 24 March. All of them faced charges under Art. 17.1 of the Administrative Code (“disorderly conduct”): Aliaksandr Yarashevich – BYR 105,000 fine; Mikita Ulasenka

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100 detained in benefit concert over drug suspicion

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Around a hundred people have been reportedly detained during a concert in support of the “Food Not Bombs” international campaign held in Minsk MTZ Palace of Culture this evening. The detainees were taken to various police departments. As of 10 p.m., all the women except one (Alena Dubovik is said to be facing administrative charges,

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120 visitors of a punk concert detained in Minsk

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[:en]Let us remind you that a punk concert in support of the group “Food not Bombs” (the movement that serves vegan and vegetarian food for the homeless) had to take place in Minsk MTZ House of Culture on March 24. However, the concert had hardly begun when special forces rushed into the building and detained

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