October 14-20. Days of common solidarity actions near Belarusian Embassies

October 14-20. Days of common solidarity actions near Belarusian Embassies

Since the beginning of September 2010 the social activists in Belarus face
with unprecedented pressure. After the attempt of the arson at the Russian
Embassy on the night of August 31, 2010 and the start of the presidential
campaign, around hundred of social activists from different cities (Grodno,
Brest, Gomiel, Minsk and Soligorsk) have passed through ‘talks’,
interrogations at the KGB, house-raids and arrests, 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 spent already
153 days under unlawful arrest. During the interrogations the activists are
beaten, threatened to be expeled from the places of study, being subjected to
psychological pressure and are not allowed meeting with relatives.

Only a month after the arrest, on October 1, the accusation against Mikalaj
Dziadok was made up: the participation in the action near the General Staff
of the Ministry of Defense (Article 339 Part 2 — hooliganism, up to 6 years
of imprisonment). September 20 Aliaksandar Frantskievich was charged with the
perpetration of the attack on the police station in Soligorsk.

All those repressed are activists and participants of the social, ecological,
anti-authoritarian, antifascist and humanitarian initiatives. We call to
everybody who cares about the fate of the arrested anarchists,
anti-authoritarians and social activists to organize on October 14-20
solidarity actions near Belarusian Embassies and representative offices
around the world. Only by means of global solidarity we can get our comrades
out of prison.

Please help us to spread this call-out as widely as possible. You can send
information about solidarity actions to minsksolidarity[at]riseup.net

The chronicle of the events: http://belarus.indymedia.org/blog/minsksolidarity

The letters of support you can send to the pre-trial detention center to the
address:

Minsk, 220050, Volodarskogo str. 2, SIZO-1, cell 42, Mikalaj Dziadok
Minsk, 220050, Volodarskogo str. 2, SIZO-1, cell 46, Aliaksandar Frantskievich

Friends and relatives of the arrested

(via http://avtonom.org/en/node/13700)