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Belarus: Free dozens of jailed union activists

On Friday, 13 November police arrested 42 trade union activists who were visiting a museum honouring Tadeusz Kościuszko. Among them are participants in the strike at the JSC Belaruskali plant. Upon leaving the museum, they were spotted by police as they carried the white-red-white flag of Belarus. Among those arrested were some of the trade union leaders released only a few days earlier. The detainees are in the courtyard of the Ivatsevichi Police station. The police are saying that "some of the arrested will be kept before trial." Normally courts are open earliest on Monday. Please join us in sending an urgent message to the local and national police demanding their release.

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The Belarusian Independent trade union thanks everyone who supported the solidarity campaign for the release of the 45 Soligorsk activists. The excursion that started on the 13th of November has finally ended on the 28th of November with the release of the last detainees. 248 days of detainment and 245 basic units fine that amounts to 3,000 EUR including food in prison - that is the cost of the excursion in Belarus. Thanks to your support these losses were not in vain. The campaign was widespread, the news appeared in social media in many languages. One of the facts that we learned from our detained comrades was that the CEO of JSC Belaruskali - the employer of the vast majority of the detained activists - sent HR representatives to the police prison to hand in dismissal notifications to at least 16 of activists. The business partners of JSC Belaruskali raised this outrageous fact in urgent business communication; and we hope this won't pass unnoticed for this Belarusian state owned company. The picture shows the release of those union members who were kept in prison the longest terms. Their wives came to meet them. On the T-shirts of the women it is written that "To be a wife of striking worker is a troublesome business". This campaign is now closed, but please support our ongoing campaign Belarus: Stop the violence - defend democracy and human rights.

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Campaign launched: 13-Nov-2020