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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Anastasia Kukhta was sentenced to 5 years in prison on November 11th for the participation in the protests, calling for sanctions, and creation or participation in an extremist formation. Mikita Jemialjanau was put into a cell-style housing and also received 10 days in punishment cell. These days are not counted for his sentence. We know
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Anastasia Kukhta Arrest date: 17.02.2022Charges: – participation in protests – encouraging actions aimed at harming the national security of the Republic of Belarus– creation or participation in an extremist formationSentence: 5 yearsPlace of detention: IK-4Release date: 19.08.2026 Anastasia Kukhta was born on 20 January 1995 in a small village next to Minsk. She is trained
