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Moscow anti-fascist may become permanently disabled in pre-trial detention

Health condition of anti-fascist Alexei Olesinov, who is held at Moscow’s Medvedkovo pre-trial detention centre as a suspect in the “Moscow antifa case” for allegedly participating in a brawl, has sharply deteriorated. Independent expert evaluation, conducted by the Pavlov State Medical University in St Petersburg, confirmed that Olesinov risks becoming permanently disabled. However, the pre-trial […]

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Moscow: Police threaten violence against parents of arrested anti-fascist

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Anti-fascist Alen Volikov, who is under arrest at Moscow’s Butyrka pre-trial detention centre, was visited by police operatives on November 13, and subjected to psychological pressure aimed at making him admit his guilt. Volikov’s lawyer Farid Murtazin reported that the operatives made threats of violence against his family members. The officers said that they would

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Medical and clothing parcels allowed for Dziadok

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Now the political prisoner will be able to receive medicine and warm clothes for winter. Aliaksandr Dziadok, the father of the political prisoner Mikalai Dziadok, told the charter97.org web-site about that: “Mikalai remains in the cell type premises. The only thing is that he could find an agreement with the administration over medical parcels. Now

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An update on the situation of Belarusian anarchist prisoners

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Mikalai Dziadok (4,5 years) is finishing his 3rd month in a solitary cell after having refused to work on Saturdays. Work is obligatory in Belarusian penal colonies, but is regulated by the Labour Code, which prescribes that a person shouldn’t work more than 40 hours a week. Mikalai was forced to work more on Saturdays,

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Political prisoner Frantskevich thrown into punishment cell

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The political prisoner refused to fulfil an order of the penal colony authorities. Aliaksandr Frantskevich was thrown to a punishment cell for disobedience to orders, Radio Svaboda learned from his mother Tatiana Frantskevich. The political prisoner serves his term in a penal colony in Ivatsevichy (the Brest region). Earlier, Frantskevich refused to apply for a

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