BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
04/01/2011
Prison News: Belarus anarchists update
The Christmas period is a particularly difficult time in prison especially those who are locked up for their political activities and beliefs. At the last meeting of the International of Anarchist Federations IAF-IFA (which includes Anarchist Federation UK) in Sofia at the end of October a statement was issued in Solidarity with Belarus activists several of whom continue to be locked up by the state.
Prison News: Belarus anarchists update
Freedom
January 3, 2011
The Christmas period is a particularly difficult time in prison especially those who are locked up for their political activities and beliefs. At the last meeting of the International of Anarchist Federations IAF-IFA (which includes Anarchist Federation UK) in Sofia at the end of October a statement was issued in Solidarity with Belarus activists several of whom continue to be locked up by the state.
The IAF-IFA:
· Condemns all forms of repression against activists and the grassroots movement regardless of whether they are anarchists or not.
· Expresses its solidarity with persecuted anarchist comrades and all victims of the regime.
· Calls for the mobilisation and commitment of all to raise awareness about the complete negation of freedom in Belarus, for the liberation of all political prisoners and for an end to the dictatorship in Minsk.
Prison letters - Appeal for you to support the arrested with New Year postcards
After the attack on the Russian embassy on 30th August 2010 Belarusian anarchists, social activists and ecologists were repressed. During this autumn there was a chain of searches and interrogations in Minsk, Gomel, Grodno, Soligorsk, Brest, Bobrujsk and Novopolotsk. All in all about 50 people were interrogated. At the moment Nikolaj Dedok, Aleksandr Frantskevich, Maxim Vetkin and Igor Olinevich are under arrest. They can face up to six years of imprisonment. We call all people concerned to support the arrestees and send them postcards. You can write letters and cards to:
Dedok Nikolaj Aleksandovich
Prison-8
22a Sovetskaja str.
222160 Zhodino
Minsk region
BELARUS
Frantskevich Aleksandr
رباخ-1
2-46 Volodarskogo str.
220050 Minsk
BELARUS
Vetkin Maxim Ivanivich
رباخ-1
2 Volodarskogo str.
220050 Minsk
BELARUS
Olinevich Igor Vladimirovich
p/o box 8
Central Post Office
220050 Minsk
BELARUS
Additional information: http://belarus.indymedia.org/blog/minsksolidarity
Background information
Since the beginning of September 2010 social activists in Belarus have been faced with unprecedented pressure. After the arson attempt on the Russian Embassy on the night of August 31, 2010 and with the start of the presidential campaign, around hundred of social activists have experienced 'talks', interrogations by the KGB, house-raids and arrest. Some of them are still detained. Taking advantage of the possibility to arrest for three days without filling accusation, the authorities re-arrest activists every three days as suspects on other cases. All together 13 people have already spent 153 days under unlawful arrest. During the interrogations the activists are beaten, threatened to be expelled from the places of study, being subjected to psychological pressure and are not allowed meeting with relatives.
All those repressed are activists and participants of the social, ecological, anti-authoritarian, antifascist and humanitarian initiatives. Please help us to spread this call-out as widely as possible. You can send information about solidarity actions to minsksolidarity@riseup.net
Source:
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20110104050729789
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