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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Main news about anarchist prisoners in Belarus in October 2022
On 10 October the trial of Anastasia Kukhta started in Minsk City Court. She is accused of participation in protests (Article 342), calling for sanctions or actions aimed at damaging the national security of the Republic of Belarus (Article 361 part 3) and creation or participation in an extremist formation (Article 361-1 part 1 of […]
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 […]
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 […]
News from Belarusian prisons, February 2022
Mikita Jemialjanau again was placed to a punishment isolation cell on 18 January. His term there was prolonged again and again, as prison administration invented new reasons to isolate him. For instance, Mikita refuses to clean a courtyard where inmates walk. Unlike other inmates, Mikita does not litter in a courtyard, so he sees no […]