The story of this interview is different from how interviews are usually recorded. The person answering the questions is in the place not very accessible for journalists – Lefortovo Moscow Pretrial Detention Facility that is still known as RF FSB SIZO (RF FSB SIZO – pre-trial detention facility of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation – transl.). Continue reading Aleksandr Kolchenko: I am not a terrorist. I am a citizen of Ukraine.→
On November 20 Mikalai Dziadok was charged with malicious disobedience to the demands of prison administration (art.411). This became known from a state lawyer, who had been called to attend the procedure. The case was started on November 13. In the near future the anarchist will be transferred to the pre-trial detention centre as a defendant. Continue reading A new criminal case started against Mikalai Dziadok (Belarus)→
Ihar Alinevich was put into a isolation cell on his birthday. All in all he had spent there 30 days in a row, allegedly for having refused to clean prison toilets. Recently he was granted a short date with his parents, who informed that he is feeling well and in high spirits. He is up to appealing the unfair punishment. Continue reading Belarusian prisoners’ news. Oktober 2014→
Today the anarchist prisoner Mikalai Dziadok turns 26. This is his forth and hopefully the last birthday that he celebrates behind the bars.
At the beginning of the month we spread a call to make a video-congratulation for Mikalai. We are grateful to everyone who answered this call and sent us their postcards. We tried not to alter them and compiled one big video of people saying ‘Happy birthday’ in different languages. Mikalai will be able to see it only in half a year when he is free, but we have an opportunity to enjoy it right now.
Ihar Alinevich reads about GULAG camps in prison and uses all media available for him to watch the events in Ukraine, charter97.org learnt from Ihar’s mother Valiantsina Alinevich.
Despite the fact that court dismissed the appeal, Dzmitry Zvan’ko did not lose the hope and now looks forward to the expected amnesty in honor of 70 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War or parole. But in both cases he should to pay the full amount awarded by the court. A symbolic actions in support of Dzmitry have taken place in several cities of Belarus and Russia as well as the collection of money for compensation. Continue reading Belarusian prisoners’ news. July 2014→
El 23 de Agosto no es solo el día de la ejecución de Sacco y Vanzetti, también es el cumpleaños del preso anarquista bielorruso Mikalai Dziadok. Es también el primer día de la semana de solidaridad internacional con presxs anarquistas. Este será su cuarto cumpleanos detenido. Queremos hacerle una videopostal, donde gente de diferentes países y ciudades en diferentes idiomas lo felicite en su día. Te invitamos a grabar un video corto solo o con tus amigxs, dentro o fuera, usando palabras o mostrando frases.
According to information received from ABC Belarus, Belarusian anarchist Ihar Alinevich is to be transferred to another prison colony because the colony he is in now is to be closed by the end of the summer. We don’t know to where and when he is transferred, but it makes sense to remove his address from all the lists until the new one is known. We await more information and will publish it when available.
Una entrevista que la Radio Anarquista de Berlín (aradio.blogsport.de) le hizo a un compa de la Cruz Negra Anarquista (CNA) de Bielorrusia (http://abc-belarus.org/) en marzo de 2014. Esta versión incluye un voice-over en castellano.