Antifascist Prisoner Support

NORTH AMERICA

United States

Gage Halupowski 

Gage was arrested at a counter demonstration against a far-right rally in Portland, Oregon on June 29th, 2019 and had been locked up at the local county jail since that day with a high bail. Then on November 1st Gage accepted a non-cooperation plea deal, plead guilty to an assault charge, and was sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison. On November 29th Gage arrived at the prison where he’ll most likely be doing the majority of his time in Ontario, Oregon which is out by the Idaho border.

If you’re looking for different ways to engage with Gage when sitting down to write that first letter, here are a few things to keep in mind – not only is he an anti fascist but he also is a radical environmentalist and an anarchist. So, discussing history,  politics or the ideologies of those movements as well could be a good place to start. He is also a fan of the fantasy novel series, The Wheel of Time and looks forward to reading all 12 books in the series while he’s in, so if you’ve read those or would like to he’d love to discuss them with you.

Here is the current address for Gage:

Gage Halupowski #21894460 Snake River Correctional Institution 777 Stanton Blvd. Ontario, Oregon 97914-83305

Here is the contact info for PNW Anti-fascist Workers Collective ,or follow them on Twitter for updates on Gage or other Portland area Antifascist defendants or prisoners.

And here is where you can find contact info for Rose City Antifa, or follow them on Twitter for updates on Gage or other Portland area Antifascist defendants or prisoners.

Alexander Dial

**Update** Alex was released on bail on 9/10/2019 !

Alex was arrested at an anti-fascist demonstration in Portland, Oregon on August 17th, 2019. He had been released on bail a couple days later, and at his first court date on the case since getting out his bail was raised,he was remanded and has been locked up at the local county jail since that day with a high bail. He is facing serious charges and his case is still open, so please keep that in mind when you’re sending letters of support or solidarity cards. Check out the contact info for the two local anti-fascist crews in Portland for more information on ways to support Alex or other anti-fascists in Portland facing serious charges.

Here is the contact info for PNW Anti-fascist Workers Collective ,or follow them on Twitter for updates on the case.

Here is where you can find contact info for Rose City Antifa, or follow them on Twitter for updates on the case as well.

Here is the support fund for Alex

And here is the current address for Alex:

Multnomah County Jail
Alexander Dial #818905
11540 Inverness Dr.
Portland, OR 97220

Eric Hancock

**Update** Eric was released on December 30th, 2019!

In late April 2019, Eric Hancock accepted a sentence of one year
imprisonment on a single charge of unlawful wounding, a class
6 felony in Virginia, in a non-cooperating plea agreement. The
decision to accept this plea came after a year awaiting trial. Initially charged with both malicious wounding and aggravated malicious wounding, Eric faced a mandatory 25 years in a state that does not offer parole.
The charges stemmed from an incident that occurred on January 19th, 2018, which began with a fascist-affiliated band—The Sentinels, playing a show in downtown Richmond. This show eventually lead to a confrontation in which several white supremacists pulled out knives. Eric was stabbed outright and defended himself, which led to his being charged with the injuries sustained by two of his attackers. Between medical and legal expenses resulting form this attack, Eric is facing not only imprisonment, but also debt. Eric’s support team is working to cover a bevy of medical and legal costs, and have set a
goal of $15,000. Eric turned himself into custody February 28th with the full support and appreciation of comrades in Richmond and across Virginia. For now, the best means of donating to Eric’s support is via Venmo: @SupportEric

And here’s Eric’s current mailing address:

Eric Hancock #161270
Richmond City Justice Center
1701 Fairfield Way
Richmond, Virginia 23223

David Campbell

 On January 20, 2018, a block from a venue where there was a far-right event in Manhattan, NY with a counter demonstration outside David Campbell was arrested and later charged with two counts of assault . He was then locked up for a few days until he was bailed out and had been dealing with the open case for almost two years when he decided to take a non cooperation plea deal on October 5th, 2019, and will be sentenced to 18 months on October 23rd where he’ll be remanded and begin his sentence.

Check out the David Campbell support site for more info on the case and the different ways you can plug in to show David your support -freedavidcampbell.com

Letters of support can be sent to –

EUROPE

Belarus
Roman Bogdan

Roman Bogdan was arrested on April 15, 2015, as part of the long-going state repression of anti-fascists in Brest, stemming from a fight between anti-fascists and fascists on May 8, 2013. In October, Roman was sentenced to 8 years in a penal colony and must pay 3500 Euro in damages. On December 15, 2015 a regional appellate court commuted his sentence by 2 years.

He can read Russian and simple English phrases.

Address:

Roman Bogdan
213010 Shklov
p. Molodezhnyj, IK-17, otryad 12
Mogilevskaya obl.
Belarus

http://abc-belarus.org/?p=6153&lang=en

Vadim Boyko

Vadim Boyko was arrested on March 22, 2016, on suspicion of participating in a fight that took place on June 29, 2014 between anti-fascist supporters of FC Partyzan and right-wing soccer hooligans from FC Torpedo. The arrests in 2014 were not followed up until 2016, when a special political department decided to start the case with a series of police raids on the antifascists who were alleged to have been involved. On March 10, 2017 Vadim Boyko was sentenced to 4 years of jail, and was re-arrested in July for transfer to a penal colony.

He can read Russian and simple English phrases.

Address:

https://abc-belarus.org/?p=6874&lang=en

Vlad Lenko

Vlad Lenko is an antifascist from Ivatsevichi (Brest region). He was arrested on December 27, 2014, and accused of taking part in a fight against local neo-Nazis earlier in December. Vlad was charged with group hooliganism and aggravated bodily harm, and in September 2015 was sentenced to 6 years in a penal colony.

Supporters are trying to raise money to appeal the verdict, which they hope will reduce his sentence by half. They also need to collect 1000 Euro to pay damages ordered by the court.

Fundraising WebMoney:
$ Z418615316084
€ E146518161935

He can read Russian and simple English phrases.

Address:
Lenko Vlad Igorevich
211300 Vitebskaya obl.
Vitebskiy rajon, Vitba, IK-3
BELARUS

http://abc-belarus.org/?p=6240&lang=en

Maxim Yahnieshka 

**Update** –  Maxim was released on 9/4/2019 !!

Maxim Yahnieshka was arrested after a fight on April 1^st, 2015, where he was hospitalized in a fight with right-wing hooligans. Cops were called by hospital staff, and Maxim refused to name his attackers to police. After obtaining surveillance camera footage, the police identified the right-wing hooligans and had them accuse Maxim of prior conflicts. On September 7, 2016 he was sentenced to 3 years of custodial restraint for malicious bodily harm, theft of a hat, property destruction, and threatening to kill right-wing hooligans. Appeals to a higher court in November left his sentence unchanged, and on December 12, 2016 he was transferred to an open-type penitentiary institution.

ABC Belarus encourages supporters to help Maxim’s family cover the costs associated with his imprisonment. The “open-type” penitentiary institution requires Maxim to pay for food and other services out of his own pocket. His costs are primarily shouldered by his parents, who are themselves in a terrible financial situation.

If you feel like supporting Maxim, please send money through ABC Belarus:
– PayPal belarus_abc@riseup.net
– Bitcoin 1CcxWEswKjXZgXQCds5KcHfemzrAASVbuv
– bank account
Account Holder: VpKK e.V.
IBAN: DE 4085 0205 0000 0361 5700
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He can read Russian and simple English phrases.

Address:
Maxim Yahnieshka
IUOT No. 7
225140, Pruzhanski r-n, d. Kuplino
BELARUS

https://abc-belarus.org/?p=7161&lang=en#more-716

Bulgaria
Jock Palfreeman

**Update** – On 9/19/2019 a 3 judge panel in Sofia, Bulgaria granted Jock Palfreeman parole! His release from prison is forthcoming!

**Update** – By the end of September the prosecutor appealed to have the parole overturned, so a court date was set for October 7th to allow the prosecutor to attempt to make the argument and of course Jock’s attorney has an opportunity to defend. Well, the court hearing took place and went on for 45 minutes before it was adjourned and now the judge has up to 2 months to make a decision. In the meantime Jock waits in a immigration detention center in Bulgaria.

**Update** – October 15th Jock Palfreeman has finally been released from the immigration detention center in Bulgaria! One hour before he was released officers went to his cell to take his passport stating he won’t be able to leave Bulgaria until a ban on him leaving the country is lifted.

Jock Palfreeman is an Australian anti-fascist political prisoner serving a twenty-year prison sentence in Bulgaria for the rather mysterious death of a neo-Nazi football hooligan who was part of a group attacking two Romani men in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2007. Jock came to the aid of the Romani, and quickly found himself the focus of the attack. Bulgarian authorities did everything they could to ensure that Jock did not receive a fair trial, and after his sentencing have refused–in contravention of their own treaties–to transfer him to Australia to serve the rest of his time closer to his family. Jock wants donations for him sent to the Bulgarian Prisoners’ Association, which he is part of.

He can read English and Bulgarian.

Address:

http://www.brightonabc.org.uk/jock.html

Russia
Aleksandr Kolchenko

Aleksandr  Kolchenko was arrested in Crimea on May 17, 2014, along with several others, and accused by Russian authorities of participation in a “terrorist group” which planned explosions near the Eternal Fire memorial and the Lenin monument in Simferopol, as well as having sabotaged railway tracks and electricity lines. Aleksandr is also alleged to have carried out two arson attacks in April: against the headquarters of the Russian Unity-Party, and the Russian Community of Crimea. He was transferred to Moscow and is being kept in draconian conditions. His lawyers are under a gag order, and have been refused elementary rights to defend him. He faces fifteen-to-twenty years in a labor camp.

Russian authorities claim that Aleksandr is a member of Right Sektor, a Ukrainian ultra-right nationalist organization, but he has no connection to the group—a fact confirmed by relatives and friends. Moreover, Aleksandr is an antifascist and anarchist who consistently opposed nationalistic movements in Crimea and faced constant fascist attacks for his activism. For example, after a film screening about murdered anti-fascist journalist Anastasiya Baburova, he was attacked by thirty Nazis with knives.

Since this case is highly political, Aleksandr’s legal costs are high, around 850 euro per month. The investigation has created a heavy financial strain on local ABC groups, and there is a call for financial support and information distribution. You can make donations via PayPal to abc-msk@riseup.net or using a bank account (write to the same e-mail address for details).

Address:
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kolchenko
456612, Chelyabinskaya obl
Kopeisk, ul. Kemerovskaya, 20, IK-6
RUSSIA

Please note: Moscow ABC advises that letters in English are seldom accepted in Russian prisons, so please write only in Russian (try using a translation program), or just send photos and postcards.

http://avtonom.org/en/news/repressions-against-crimean-activists-political-context
http://wiki.avtonom.org/en/index.php/Aleksandr_Kolchenko