Wish a Happy Birthday to Political Prisoner and Anarchist Ilya Shakursky!

Source: Anarchist Black Cross Moscow

On April 10th, anarchist Ilya Shakursky celebrates his birthday. He turns 29, 7.5 of which he has already spent in prison. Ilya is one of the defendants in the “Network case”, in which the FSB fabricated an entire terrorist organization just to earn stars on their epaulets. In 2020, a Putin-controlled court sentenced Shakursky to 16 years in a high-security penal colony.

Despite the long sentence, Ilya does not give up. He continues to publish articles, essays, and poems. Last year, his book “Notes from the Darkness” was released in Russian language.

Ilya is now spending his eighth birthday behind bars. You can support him with a letter or a greeting card.

Mailing Address: Shakursky Ilya Alexandrovich, born 1996, IK-17, Building 3 Lesnaya Street, 31161, Ozerny settlement, Zubovo-Polyansky District, Mordovia, Russia. Note that letters should be written in Russian language - you may use automatic translation available online. Please note: the number of parcels and packages a prisoner can receive is very limited, so make sure all your items are sent as letters only.

News about Ilya Shakursky and his creative work are published by the support group (in Russian).
 


 

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