Belarusian Wall (video)

A short movie was posted on the internet about the Belarusian politically imprisoned anarchists.

The authors of the video try to find the real motives of the participants of the demonstrative attack on the walls of the KGB building in Babruisk on 16 October 2010, the human rights group Viasna reports.

All the figurants of the Babruisk case were detained on 17 January 2011. In May same year every one of the participants of the action was sentenced to 7 years in prison.

Yauhen Vaskovich, Artsiom Prakapenka and Pavel Syramalotau were sentenced according to two articles of the Criminal Code – malicious hooliganism and especially large-scale defilement of property.

Yauhen Vaskovich first served the term in the prison No 15 in Magileu and then was transferred to a tougher regime of imprisonment on 12 October 2011 – to a closed type prison No 4 in Magileu. He was sent to a disciplinary cell several times there.

Artsiom Prakapenka is serving his term in the colony No 17 in Shklou, Magileu region.

Pavel Syramalotau served his term in the colony No 19 in Magileu. After having written a plea for pardon he was released on 27 September 2012.