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 […]
Tag: Jauhien Rubashka
News from Lukashenko’s prison cells, May 2022
On 1 May in Brno (Czech Republic) a premiere of the play “On the Way to Magadan: Don’t Believe, Don’t Be Afraid, Don’t Ask” took place (the image shows a scene from the play) based on the book by the Belarusian anarchist Ihar Alinevich, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison last year. The […]
Jauhen Rubashka’s last word in court
Before the final accusation, I wrote down inconsistencies, points for clarification and counterarguments during the trial. After the final accusation, the need for them disappeared. And it’s not even that the absurd and untenable state prosecution – which echoes the vision of GUBOPiK (Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of the MVD) – […]
Interview. Anarchist prisoner Zhenya Rubashko about detention, being under arrest, and his fighting spirit
Interview on the political prosecution of anarchists on example of comrade Rubashko.
News from Belarusian prisons, March 2022
In the beginning of March Anastasiya Kukhta faced criminal prosecution. Initially she had been detained on 17 February on administrative charges, her apartment had been searched and she had been sentenced to 15 days of arrest. On 4 March, she became a suspect in a criminal case, and on 12 March she was charged with […]