Anarchist partisan Ruslan Sidiki needs a new lawyer – his lawyer was arrested!

From avtonom

Lawyer Igor Popovsky, who represented the anarchist Ruslan Sidiki and sought an investigation into his allegations of torture, has been detained on charges of “fraud on an especially large scale”. This was reported by The Insider media outlet, citing the leak-oriented Telegram channel “112.”

The regime has added ABC Belarus to the official list of “extremist formations.”

From Anarchist Black Cross Belarus

The regime has added ABC Belarus to the official list of “extremist formations.” This is yet another attempt to pressure the anarchist movement and criminalize solidarity work.

Debanking – Attack on Anarchist Black Cross Dresden solidarity work

From Anarchist Black Cross Dresden

In mid November GLS bank got in touch with the association that was helping us to collect donations. Their bank account got canceled immediately. The bank didn’t give any reason apart from mentioning a certain rule that allows them to cancel the bank account for “important reasons”.

Repression methods in Belarus: Persecution of anarchist prisoners’ parents

From Anarchist Black Cross Belarus

It’s not only criminalised to express any form of dissent in Belarus. Showing solidarity with political prisoners is also punishable, even when it comes from their parents.

On silencing voices from Eastern Europe at anarchist events in EU

From Anarchist Black Cross Belarus

Over the past few years, quite a few organizations and groups have appeared in the anarchist milieu that actively exclude activists from Solidarity Collectives, ABC-Belarus, and a number of other anarchist and anti-authoritarian organizations from public events, blocking their participation and writing various kinds of “statements” condemning their work in support of Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion. The basis for such behavior is often the distorted positions of activists from Eastern Europe on the war. Anarchists are accused of becoming militarists, supporting the war, and not being critical enough of the Ukrainian state.

Interview with anarchists Akihiro Gaevsky-Khanada and Andrey Chepyuk - Part 1

From Anarchist Black Cross Belarus

Original title: "“You definitely won’t be staying on the sidelines, because nothing’s over yet”: an in-depth interview with anarchists Akihiro Gaevsky-Khanada and Andrey Chepyuk. Part 1."

Russian Authorities Consider Any Anarchist Black Cross Groups an "Undesirable Organization"

From avtonom

At the beginning of 2024, the Russian Ministry of Justice added the American Anarchist Black Cross Federation to its list of “undesirable organizations.” At that time, Anarchist Black Cross Moscow (ABC Moscow) publicly stated that it had no organizational ties to the American federation: ABC groups worldwide are autonomous, and Russian groups have never been part of the American federation.

St. Petersburg Bookstore Manager Fined Over Sale of Anarchist Memoir

From The Moscow Times

A St. Petersburg court on Monday fined the manager of the century-old bookstore Podpisniye Izdaniya 20,000 rubles ($254) for selling a copy of a jailed Belarusian anarchist’s memoir.

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