News on the topic: dismissals
18.01.2012 BCD Mahiliou leader faces dismissal
Aleh Aksionau, chair of Mahiliou city office of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party, has been informed that his employment contract would not be extended by the administration of local house building factory, the Narodnaya Volya newspaper reports.
13.01.2012 Mahiliou: administration intimidates workers of Paulau's brigade
When workers of the brigade where Aliaksei Paulouski works learned that the administration of the “Pramzhylbud” firm had refused to extend his labor contract, they wrote applications for resigning from work to express their solidarity with him.
06.01.2012 Mahiliou resident Aliaksei Paulouski loses his job again
The administration of the building organization “Pramzhylbud” informed the trade-union activist that his labor contract, expiring on 10 February, wouldn't be extended. No reasons were given, but Aliaksei Paulouski knows them: “I have always struggled with the administration of the organization to provide better conditions of work for workers. We work in anti-sanitary conditions, our working places are unattested. Masons are allowed to retire only when they turn 60 years old, but must be allowed to do it at 55, as the conditions of their work are considered to be harmful for the health.”
03.01.2012 Hrodna: Raman Yurhel got dismissed for “truancy”
Civil activist Raman Yurhel was dismissed from the private firm “ABC”. The matter is that he spent 16 days on a sick leave during one month of work.
20.12.2011 Baranavichy activist loses job over opposition activities
On 20 December, the administration of Baranavichy-based Transfer Lines Plant has refused to extend the employment contract of local leader of the “Fair World” Leftist Party Viktar Tsiapin, despite of acute shortage of engineers at the factory.
16.11.2011 Dismissal for People’s Assembly
Anzhela Kambalova had to dismiss from a private firm by agreement of the parties on November 15.
15.11.2011 Homel: participant of People’s Assembly gets dismissed from work
Train driver and public activist Dzmitry Karashkou was fired from the Homel Railcar Repair Plant on 14 November.
20.10.2011 Gay activist sacked
Aliaksandr Paluian, editor-in-chief of the Belarusian LGBT web-site www.gayby.net, has been dismissed by the management of the Minsk office of an international company, European Radio for Belarus reports.
13.10.2011 Hrodna: activist of “Tell The Truth!” Tatsiana Kasataya is expelled from post-graduate course
The ideological pressurization is still growing in the Hrodna State University named after Yanka Kupala. Last week, on 8 October, the deans ordered lecturers to keep students in class rooms during the People's Assembly. In the beginning of this week it also became known about the expulsion of Tatsiana Kasataya, an activist of the civil movement “Tell The Truth!” from the post-graduate course.
17.08.2011 Lawyer Tamara Sidarenka disbarred
On 16 August, the Belarusian Ministry of Justice disbarred lawyer Mrs. Tamara Sidarenka, famous for defending former presidential candidates in so called “mass riot” trials.
26.07.2011 “December 19” lawyers are disbarred
The lawyers of political prisoners Iryna Halip and Mikita Lihavid have not passed the certification. It has been announced today, on July 26.
25.07.2011 “An employee of the Interior Ministry must not think differently than the authorities”
Maksim Pliatniou, employee of the Interior Ministry’s Security Department in Hrodna, has been reportedly forced to resign after he was accused of involvement in an “opposition-mined” community in one of the social network services.
21.07.2011 Alleged protester loses job
Employee of Minsk Automobile Plant Anatol Sytsko, sentenced to 8 days of arrest for alleged participation in a “silent protest” on 6 July, has been forced to quit his job, “Nasha Niva” newspaper reports.
18.07.2011 Navapolatsk protester faces dismissal
Aleh Kraiko, employee of Navapolatsk-based Palimir state-owned enterprise, is facing dismissal after he was forced to sign a written undertaking not to participate in anti-government protests.
11.07.2011 Navapolatsk: trade union activist dismissed from Naftan plant
On 15 July a search was conducted at the apartment of Yauhen Kanstantsinau. The official reason was that the police had been allegedly informed that he was selling moonshine. They confiscated some leaflets from him. On 18 July two provocateurs (Makaranka and Silitski) attacked the activist, after which he was detained by the police. He was charged under Article 17.1, “disorderly conduct”.
