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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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.
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ABC-Belarus countered unprecedented quantity of repressions in 2021. We cannot say that it was unexpected. We expected exactly this after 2020 protests. But such predictability doesnʼt make the burden of anti-repression activism easier. The difference with previous waves of repression is that the massive repressions against anarchists and antifascists are happening simultaneously with even more
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On August 12th , Alexander Frantskevich and Akihiro Hanada were detained in Minsk. Later it became known that they were transferred to pre-trial detention center #1, both are charged with Article 293.1 (organization of mass riots). A few days ago we made a statement that we would not support A. Frantskevich in any form. After
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Aliaksandr Frantskevich | Aleksandr Frantskevich * Arrest date: 12.08.2020Charges: – Organization of mass riots– Educating or otherwise training persons to take part in mass riots, or financing these activities– Organization and preparation of actions which seriously violate public order, or active participation in them– Encouraging actions aimed at harming the national security of the Republic
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