Four people arrested after solidarity actions with arrestees of New Year punk gig in Minsk (Belarus)

via abc belarus: On January 20-21 four activists were arrested in Minsk after solidarity actions with people previously arrested at the New Year Punk Party in Minsk. One person was captured by the police at the prison gates when people came to meet those comrades who were due to be released after the 10 days …

Riot Cops raid punk concert and arrest counter-info project in Minsk (Belarus)

On January 10, 2015, in the club “Pirates” there was supposed to be a concert of several punk bands including the Italian “Kalashnikov”. However, on information received from witnesses, this never happened. Approximately during the middle of the set of the first band, the club was surrounded by police cars and “branded” vans of Riot …

Interview with Anarchist Black Cross Belarus on the repression, Ukraine and the refugees (A-Radio)

via anarchist radio berlin: In the context of the recent acute increase in repression in Belarus, the Anarchist Radio Berlin talked to Anarchist Black Cross Belarus about their work, the situation in the neighbouring country of Ukraine and the situation of refugees in Belarus. For security reasons we transcribed the original interview and re-recorded it …

Mikalai Dziadok has sentence extended by 1 yr (Belarus)

via avtonom: As part of the investigation into the ‘Shangri La’ incidents,  Mikalai Dziadok underwent a 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 of malicious hooliganism. On November 20, 3.5 months before his release from …

A new criminal case started against Mikalai Dziadok (Belarus)

via ABC Belarus: 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 …

Update on Ihar Alinevich (Belarus)

Via ABC Belarus: On May 27, 2011, the judge of Minsk’s Zavadski district court Zhanna Khvainitskaya sentenced Ihar Alinevich to 8 years in a medium security correctional facility. He serves his term in correctional facility No. 10 in Navapolatsk, which is famous for its strict rules. Alinevich, Mikalai Dziadok and Aliaksandr Frantskevich were charged with …