Belarus’ trade union calls for investigation into crackdown
<p> MINSK, Aug 17 - PrimePress. The Belarusian trade union of the chemical, mining and oil industries requests a legal evaluation of police brutality against non-violent protesters and the vote count in the presidential election of August 9, 2020, reads the statement posted on the union’s website. </p> <p> </p> <p> “The workers and their families do not feel safe, considering the facts of detentions when people were going to or from their workplaces. This gives grounds to demand that illegally detained persons are released and law enforcement officers are held liable for illegal actions, as well as to consider going on strike that can produce disastrous effects on the enterprises engaged in nonstop operation, the workers and their families, and to request ballot reports processed by district election commissions,” the union says. </p> <p> </p> <p> The trade union condemns “disproportionate violence on the part of security agencies, which are supposed to maintain public order and protect the lives and health of civilians.” The union insists on a public investigation into the crackdown and the prosecution of those responsible. </p> <p> </p> <p> The trade union demands that disciplinary sanctions and dismissals are not applied to the workers for actions not related to their work. The union wants the enterprises of the chemical, mining and oil industries to be given an opportunity to examine the final reports by election commissions, make a legal evaluation of all facts of committed violations, and recheck the vote count results. End </p>
2020-08-17
Primepress
Belarus’ trade union calls for investigation into crackdown
MINSK, Aug 17 - PrimePress. The Belarusian trade union of the chemical, mining and oil industries requests a legal evaluation of police brutality against non-violent protesters and the vote count in the presidential election of August 9, 2020, reads the statement posted on the union’s website.
“The workers and their families do not feel safe, considering the facts of detentions when people were going to or from their workplaces. This gives grounds to demand that illegally detained persons are released and law enforcement officers are held liable for illegal actions, as well as to consider going on strike that can produce disastrous effects on the enterprises engaged in nonstop operation, the workers and their families, and to request ballot reports processed by district election commissions,” the union says.
The trade union condemns “disproportionate violence on the part of security agencies, which are supposed to maintain public order and protect the lives and health of civilians.” The union insists on a public investigation into the crackdown and the prosecution of those responsible.
The trade union demands that disciplinary sanctions and dismissals are not applied to the workers for actions not related to their work. The union wants the enterprises of the chemical, mining and oil industries to be given an opportunity to examine the final reports by election commissions, make a legal evaluation of all facts of committed violations, and recheck the vote count results. End