Svyatoslav Baranovich is an active resident of Minsk who was detained on

October 2, 2017 on suspicion of using violence against a policeman. On

March 15, 2017 a group of anarchists joined the march against the tax on

unemployment. At the end of the demonstration, plain-cloth police tried

to detain a few activists when the bloc was hopping to get on a

trolley-bus. Ordinary people who stood nearby started pushing with cops

trying to not let them make arrests. Svyatoslav Baranovich was one of

them and punched a cop. The cops’ attack was successfully repelled, but

a few stops later all anarchists were detained in the same trolley. You

might have heard of the story of violent detentions and arrests of 15

days for all activists.

Svyatoslav admitted his guilt and said he knew he was attacking a

policeman, though the latter hadn’t been wearing any uniform. On March

12, 2018 Svyatoslav was sentenced to 3 years of prison.

It’s also known that he has been participating in the protests against

elections in 2010, where he got into a fight with SWAT officers who were

attacking protesters. He received 3 years of house arrest for that

because at that point Belarus was put under sanctions and Lukashenko had

to set free many politicals or change the punishment to a milder one.

Today we are calling you to support this consistent antipolice fighter

who got in trouble showing solidarity with anarchists. We don’t know

anything about his politics, but this is enough for us to support him.

We call you to send him greetings and donate to pay for his appeal and

food parcels.

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European Bank Account: upon request

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now on. We will notify you on the main page about new means of donations.

Please notify us through email about your transaction so we can confirm

it and avoid any money loss. Thank you for your support of ABC activity

and our comrades in prisons.

Details of contact information can be found at “About us” page,

including our pgp key.

Write to Svyatoslav to:

SIZO-1, ul. Volodarskogo 2, k. 50

222050, Minsk

Belarus

Baranovich Svyatoslav Vladimirovich