This is Yahor Fatyhau - a 4th grade student of the Belarusian Entrepreneurship Institute. The police broke his leg after yesterday's march.
Now he is stable and has been transferred to a common ward. No one is watching him, although he was delivered to the hospital under escort. Besides a broken leg, he has many other injuries, but the previously published information about severe head trauma turned out to be false.
Now he is stable and has been transferred to a common ward. No one is watching him, although he was delivered to the hospital under escort. Besides a broken leg, he has many other injuries, but the previously published information about severe head trauma turned out to be false.
“EITHER I LEAVE THE COUNTRY, OR THEY WILL THROW ME OUT, IN ONE PIECE, OR SEVERAL” ● Maria Kalesnikava told the story of her abduction.
On the first Monday of September, Maria was kidnapped in the center of Minsk. Men with no identification put her into a van and took off. She was only found two days later when she was in jail. Not the musician and activist describes what happened and named the people who tried to send her away from Belarus, TUT.BY writes.
“After I was abducted, they forced me into the cabinet of Nikolai Karpenkov, the head of the Organized Crime and Corruption Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He screamed, insulted me, threatened me. The ‘discussion’ happened in the presence of two more gentlemen: Gennadiy Kazakevich, the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, and Andrei Pavlyuchenka, head of the Operations and Analytics Center. They gave me an ultimatum: either I leave the country and do whatever I want abroad, or they will throw me out - in one piece, or several. Break my fingers, lock me up for 25 years, and make me sew shirts for the siloviki. The ‘talk’ took several hours, including breaks for ‘rest’ in a solitary cell.
She was then transferred to the KGB detention center, searched, and put in a solitary cell. A couple of hours later, another talk happened, with three agents present. One of them was Konstantin Bychek, head of the Investigative Department of KGB.
‘An engaging discussion’ lasted till late at night. They asked a lot about me, who writes the statements, why do I claim election fraud, what gives me reasons to state that Tsikhanouskaya won, did I organize unsanctioned mass events, did I interfere with the work of the state agencies, do I have any connections with Nexta (a popular anti-regime blogger - translator’s remark), what are the goals of the Coordination Council? Do I understand that I am responsible for the people being beaten and killed, not those who gave such orders? They really think that foreign ‘puppeteers’ attempting to influence the situation in Belarus and people who protest are criminals, not peaceful Belarusians. The things that are happening: brutal dispersion of peaceful citizens, beatings of their compatriots, mass repressions against everyone who participated in the election campaign are criminal. The regime doesn’t hear the will of the people.
Yes, I was afraid. I was really afraid of being sent to prison or killed and dismembered. But the most important thing here is to understand that this ‘chaos and disarray,’ this terror, violence, and endless crimes against the Belarusian people must end, and the Belarusian nation must become free. Not for a second did I regret my decision to stay in the country. I am not afraid of a criminal case or prison sentence, and I’m absolutely sure that it is those who commit crimes who must be afraid. I stand by my words and can give detailed descriptions of all the rooms and corridors I went through. I can also identify all the people who had something to do with what happened to me on September 7 and 8.”
Maria Kalesnikava also stated that she filed a report with the Investigative Committee and Prosecutor General’s office to start a criminal case regarding kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, and the threat of murder, extensive bodily harm, or property destruction.
On the first Monday of September, Maria was kidnapped in the center of Minsk. Men with no identification put her into a van and took off. She was only found two days later when she was in jail. Not the musician and activist describes what happened and named the people who tried to send her away from Belarus, TUT.BY writes.
“After I was abducted, they forced me into the cabinet of Nikolai Karpenkov, the head of the Organized Crime and Corruption Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He screamed, insulted me, threatened me. The ‘discussion’ happened in the presence of two more gentlemen: Gennadiy Kazakevich, the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, and Andrei Pavlyuchenka, head of the Operations and Analytics Center. They gave me an ultimatum: either I leave the country and do whatever I want abroad, or they will throw me out - in one piece, or several. Break my fingers, lock me up for 25 years, and make me sew shirts for the siloviki. The ‘talk’ took several hours, including breaks for ‘rest’ in a solitary cell.
She was then transferred to the KGB detention center, searched, and put in a solitary cell. A couple of hours later, another talk happened, with three agents present. One of them was Konstantin Bychek, head of the Investigative Department of KGB.
‘An engaging discussion’ lasted till late at night. They asked a lot about me, who writes the statements, why do I claim election fraud, what gives me reasons to state that Tsikhanouskaya won, did I organize unsanctioned mass events, did I interfere with the work of the state agencies, do I have any connections with Nexta (a popular anti-regime blogger - translator’s remark), what are the goals of the Coordination Council? Do I understand that I am responsible for the people being beaten and killed, not those who gave such orders? They really think that foreign ‘puppeteers’ attempting to influence the situation in Belarus and people who protest are criminals, not peaceful Belarusians. The things that are happening: brutal dispersion of peaceful citizens, beatings of their compatriots, mass repressions against everyone who participated in the election campaign are criminal. The regime doesn’t hear the will of the people.
Yes, I was afraid. I was really afraid of being sent to prison or killed and dismembered. But the most important thing here is to understand that this ‘chaos and disarray,’ this terror, violence, and endless crimes against the Belarusian people must end, and the Belarusian nation must become free. Not for a second did I regret my decision to stay in the country. I am not afraid of a criminal case or prison sentence, and I’m absolutely sure that it is those who commit crimes who must be afraid. I stand by my words and can give detailed descriptions of all the rooms and corridors I went through. I can also identify all the people who had something to do with what happened to me on September 7 and 8.”
Maria Kalesnikava also stated that she filed a report with the Investigative Committee and Prosecutor General’s office to start a criminal case regarding kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, and the threat of murder, extensive bodily harm, or property destruction.
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Women's solidarity action in Minsk. The participants formed a solidarity chain near the Kamarousky market in Minsk.
‘THERE WILL BE NO JOKES ANYMORE”
It is necessary to set up trade unions at all private enterprises by the end of 2020, otherwise, they will be closed down, Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Chairman of the Federations of Trade Unions of Belarus Mikhail Orda.
“We have agreed that trade unions will be established at all private enterprises by the end of 2020. This issue should be handled by the end of the year,” Lukashenko said.
“Unless private organizations set up trade unions following your request by the end of the year, they will be closed down. You should put forward these proposals. There will be no jokes anymore.”
“We saw what some people did and how they tried to destroy the state and statehood in our country. Well, we will sort things out,” Lukashenko added.
It is necessary to set up trade unions at all private enterprises by the end of 2020, otherwise, they will be closed down, Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Chairman of the Federations of Trade Unions of Belarus Mikhail Orda.
“We have agreed that trade unions will be established at all private enterprises by the end of 2020. This issue should be handled by the end of the year,” Lukashenko said.
“Unless private organizations set up trade unions following your request by the end of the year, they will be closed down. You should put forward these proposals. There will be no jokes anymore.”
“We saw what some people did and how they tried to destroy the state and statehood in our country. Well, we will sort things out,” Lukashenko added.
Such a banner of solidarity with doctors is set in Minsk, Angarskaya street's nearby.
“FIRST THEY BROKE LEGS, THEN THEY BASHED HEADS” ● An emergency care doctor told about the protesters who were beaten yesterday.
On November 8, over 1000 Belarusians were detained in Minsk. The media published many videos of people being beaten during the arrest or tortured later at the police precincts: some were standing outside near the wall with their hands raised for 8-11 hours. Emergency care doctors anonymously told “Belsat” about what happened at the Emergency Care Hospital after the protest has been dispersed and people have been arrested.
According to a doctor, most new patients had similar injuries - head trauma, broken legs, arms, ankles.
“Traumatologists helped us put casts on people because there were many comminuted and displaced fractures. People said that the siloviki first hit their legs - broke them to make a person fall, and then bashed their heads,” the doctor said.
The injured people told doctors that they were beaten during the arrest, in the vans, and in the police precincts. Ambulances took people from the precincts. But not everyone got help.
“People on duty said that there are many brutalized people. But the cops only let go of those who couldn’t stand up because of broken legs, who lost consciousness or was vomiting because of head trauma. Sometimes they told doctors to bandage people up and leave them in the precincts. There is no legal basis to let the doctors take someone from the police. They don’t let us take people, don’t let us examine them. They don’t even listen to the doctors.”
All the siloviki wore balaclavas and behaved rudely. “They don’t see the doctors as authority figures anymore. They look at us spitefully, talk rudely,” a doctor noted.
According to another doctor, 15 people were delivered to the Emergency Care Hospital. Three among them were young women, two were about 19-20, the third was barely older. They had head trauma as well as bruises on their breasts and stomachs. “In August, I witnessed the siloviki hitting the women in the stomachs and below, saying that they shouldn’t give birth to scum. This is genocide, there is no other way to call it. And now there are similar injuries.”
The patients’ parents and loved ones came to visit them. Some felt dizzy when they saw what the siloviki did to their children.
“I don’t understand what do these masked ones want to achieve. The parents spoke to me yesterday and said that they will go to the next protest instead of their children and they won’t run away,” a doctor said.
Late at night, people from jail at Akrescina began to trickle into the Emergency Care Hospital. They brought the last one at 5 AM: “This guy had a head trauma so severe, his retina could’ve detached. These guys came without guards, so after getting the treatment they could go home free and happy. This is similar to what happened in August.”
Sergei, another emergency care doctor, said that according to his colleagues from the admissions unit that many patients were brought in on the night of October 9.
“There were many people with serious injuries. Something similar happened in August. Understandably, people with explosive injuries would be taken to the military hospital, that’s their specialty. There were fractures - they hit the hands, broke fingers. Some people had their legs broken. There were concussions, blunt force traumas. I can only compare this to August, there were many injured people too, and we had to constantly examine, put casts, sew wounds,” Sergei said.
November 9, 2020
Source: https://www.the-village.me/village/city/news-city/285733-stop
On November 8, over 1000 Belarusians were detained in Minsk. The media published many videos of people being beaten during the arrest or tortured later at the police precincts: some were standing outside near the wall with their hands raised for 8-11 hours. Emergency care doctors anonymously told “Belsat” about what happened at the Emergency Care Hospital after the protest has been dispersed and people have been arrested.
According to a doctor, most new patients had similar injuries - head trauma, broken legs, arms, ankles.
“Traumatologists helped us put casts on people because there were many comminuted and displaced fractures. People said that the siloviki first hit their legs - broke them to make a person fall, and then bashed their heads,” the doctor said.
The injured people told doctors that they were beaten during the arrest, in the vans, and in the police precincts. Ambulances took people from the precincts. But not everyone got help.
“People on duty said that there are many brutalized people. But the cops only let go of those who couldn’t stand up because of broken legs, who lost consciousness or was vomiting because of head trauma. Sometimes they told doctors to bandage people up and leave them in the precincts. There is no legal basis to let the doctors take someone from the police. They don’t let us take people, don’t let us examine them. They don’t even listen to the doctors.”
All the siloviki wore balaclavas and behaved rudely. “They don’t see the doctors as authority figures anymore. They look at us spitefully, talk rudely,” a doctor noted.
According to another doctor, 15 people were delivered to the Emergency Care Hospital. Three among them were young women, two were about 19-20, the third was barely older. They had head trauma as well as bruises on their breasts and stomachs. “In August, I witnessed the siloviki hitting the women in the stomachs and below, saying that they shouldn’t give birth to scum. This is genocide, there is no other way to call it. And now there are similar injuries.”
The patients’ parents and loved ones came to visit them. Some felt dizzy when they saw what the siloviki did to their children.
“I don’t understand what do these masked ones want to achieve. The parents spoke to me yesterday and said that they will go to the next protest instead of their children and they won’t run away,” a doctor said.
Late at night, people from jail at Akrescina began to trickle into the Emergency Care Hospital. They brought the last one at 5 AM: “This guy had a head trauma so severe, his retina could’ve detached. These guys came without guards, so after getting the treatment they could go home free and happy. This is similar to what happened in August.”
Sergei, another emergency care doctor, said that according to his colleagues from the admissions unit that many patients were brought in on the night of October 9.
“There were many people with serious injuries. Something similar happened in August. Understandably, people with explosive injuries would be taken to the military hospital, that’s their specialty. There were fractures - they hit the hands, broke fingers. Some people had their legs broken. There were concussions, blunt force traumas. I can only compare this to August, there were many injured people too, and we had to constantly examine, put casts, sew wounds,” Sergei said.
November 9, 2020
Source: https://www.the-village.me/village/city/news-city/285733-stop
The BYSOL fund weekly report shows a significant increase in the number of requests received by the fund. One reason is the close cooperation of the BYSOL fund with strike committees of major plants in Belarus. “The foundation also helps the organized strike committees,” confirms Andrej Stryzhak, BYSOL co-founder.
Last week 108 more people got help from BYSOL, the amount of 233,943 € was paid. Visit BYSOL, donate via Facebook, and share.
Last week 108 more people got help from BYSOL, the amount of 233,943 € was paid. Visit BYSOL, donate via Facebook, and share.
“IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE” ● Workers of Hrodna Azot told why two departments stopped working.
Yesterday, two departments of Hrodna Azot stopped working: Ammonia-4 and Carbamide-4. According to the state-owned media, the former stopped due to the “technological process issues”, and the latter had to stop because it can’t work without the former. “Salidarnasc” spoke to the workers and learned two most likely reasons for the stoppage.
“These two departments work in tandem. If Ammonia stops, Carbamide has to stop too because it uses the raw materials produced in Ammonia,” the workers said. “It is unknown, exactly which machine stopped working but even if it’s fixed, Ammonia can’t restart earlier than tomorrow, and then Carbamide could return to work too.”
But if this doesn’t happen, the production of Cyclohexanone will stop as well, the workers note.
“The situation is already very troubling. It requires that all the best-qualified specialists are present but due to the situation in the country, they have to leave their jobs. Equipment troubles are normal, every engineer does rounds during his shift to find all the issues as soon as possible. In the meantime, his colleague keeps watching the detector readings.”
Why was the problem at Ammonia-4 found so late or wasn’t fixed promptly? Most likely this is due to the fact that the plant is understaffed, while the management keeps firing “problematic” workers.
“The shifts have halved, and it takes at least a year to train a replacement: six months of obligatory internship plus six months of practical work. The higher-ups gave the management two orders which were made public several times: fire all the strikers and keep the plant running. This is an opportunity to test whether it is possible to execute these orders in reality. It isn’t. And it’s only going to get worse,” the strike committee of Hrodna Azot told.
Hrodna Azot was one of the first plants to join the nationwide strike. Several shifts at the Ammonia-3 and Carbamide-4 refused to work. Some strikers were fired and strikebreakers were brought in but, apparently, this didn’t solve the problem. Besides, more workers keep joining the strike.
Source: https://www.the-village.me/village/city/news-city/285733-stop
Yesterday, two departments of Hrodna Azot stopped working: Ammonia-4 and Carbamide-4. According to the state-owned media, the former stopped due to the “technological process issues”, and the latter had to stop because it can’t work without the former. “Salidarnasc” spoke to the workers and learned two most likely reasons for the stoppage.
“These two departments work in tandem. If Ammonia stops, Carbamide has to stop too because it uses the raw materials produced in Ammonia,” the workers said. “It is unknown, exactly which machine stopped working but even if it’s fixed, Ammonia can’t restart earlier than tomorrow, and then Carbamide could return to work too.”
But if this doesn’t happen, the production of Cyclohexanone will stop as well, the workers note.
“The situation is already very troubling. It requires that all the best-qualified specialists are present but due to the situation in the country, they have to leave their jobs. Equipment troubles are normal, every engineer does rounds during his shift to find all the issues as soon as possible. In the meantime, his colleague keeps watching the detector readings.”
Why was the problem at Ammonia-4 found so late or wasn’t fixed promptly? Most likely this is due to the fact that the plant is understaffed, while the management keeps firing “problematic” workers.
“The shifts have halved, and it takes at least a year to train a replacement: six months of obligatory internship plus six months of practical work. The higher-ups gave the management two orders which were made public several times: fire all the strikers and keep the plant running. This is an opportunity to test whether it is possible to execute these orders in reality. It isn’t. And it’s only going to get worse,” the strike committee of Hrodna Azot told.
Hrodna Azot was one of the first plants to join the nationwide strike. Several shifts at the Ammonia-3 and Carbamide-4 refused to work. Some strikers were fired and strikebreakers were brought in but, apparently, this didn’t solve the problem. Besides, more workers keep joining the strike.
Source: https://www.the-village.me/village/city/news-city/285733-stop
Britain has expelled two Belarusian diplomats in response to the removal of two UK envoys from the former Soviet bloc country, the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, has said.
The move came after the British diplomats, including a defence attache, were ordered home from the capital, Minsk.
The British diplomats were expelled on Monday after Belarus objected to their observation of street protests in Minsk on Sunday. Raab said the expulsions ran counter to diplomatic norms since the two diplomats had been carrying out legitimate duties.
The Belarusian ambassador, Maxim Yermalovich, was summoned to the Foreign Office on Tuesday afternoon to be informed of the decision. The UK said its decision was appropriate and proportionate.
The move came after the British diplomats, including a defence attache, were ordered home from the capital, Minsk.
The British diplomats were expelled on Monday after Belarus objected to their observation of street protests in Minsk on Sunday. Raab said the expulsions ran counter to diplomatic norms since the two diplomats had been carrying out legitimate duties.
The Belarusian ambassador, Maxim Yermalovich, was summoned to the Foreign Office on Tuesday afternoon to be informed of the decision. The UK said its decision was appropriate and proportionate.