Today Alexander Lukashenko has signed papers to release all official political prisoners in the country. This includes anarchists Ihar Alinevich, Mikalai Dziadok and Artsiom Prakapenko.
We would like to congratulate our comrades and thank everyone for the solidarity with them!
On the 3rd of June Bogdan Roman will take part in pre-trial hearing concerning fight with right-wing hooligans. He is entered case under art. 339 part 3. It means group hooliganism with weapons caused injures which shall be punished by restraint of freedom from three to five years or imprisonment from three to ten years. Moreover he is entered case under art. 147 part 2. It means bodily harm made by group which shall be punished by imprisonment from five to fifteen years.
Continue reading Belarusian prisoners’ news. May 2015.
As part of the investigation Mikalai Dziadok underwent psychiatric forensic examination in prison. Mikalai has been sentenced to 4.5 years of imprisonment within the frames of the so-called case of anarchists. He was found guilty in malicious hooliganism. On November 20, 3.5 months before his release from jail, a new action against him was taken for severe disobedience to the prison rules. Mikalai Dziadok faces a new prison term, up to 1 year.
Continue reading Belarusian prisoners’ news. December 2014
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
The most unbelievable things are possible.
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.
Continue reading Ihar Alinevich: We are witnesses of new epoch
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
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.
Mikalai Dziadok is grateful to everyone who support him in prison. “One has to remember: however hard it is for me, there are always people out there who has it even harder. That’s why I try to keep together and don’t feel sorry for myself. I want you to stay strong as well, never lose your optimism, however dark it can be sometimes. Some day the good will win and we will do everything possible for it to happen”, says the imprisoned anarchist.
