The activists of the Free Trade Union of Polotsk met with former political prisoner Andrey Haidukov.

Andrey worked at the plant "Naftan", when he was accused of trying to cooperate with foreign countries. One and a half years - from 8 November 2012 to 8 May 2014 - held in detention. Andrew shared his memories about living and working in Vitsebsk penal colony "Vitba-3."

Special control of political prisoners

Andrey told about the attitude of the prison administration to the political prisoners, "This is evident in the increased control. For any small violation of political prisoners to apply sanctions. The same violations of ordinary prisoners are never fixed and penalties do not apply to them. "

Working conditions in the colony

Andrey offered in prison work in the sewing workshop. The shop looks depressing, everywhere lay rags, stood steady smell of paint. Since he had never worked in a sewing machine, asked to be trained first, rules and methods of work, read the instructions on safety. The prison administration has not behaved properly, describing the legitimate demands of the prisoner as a refusal to work: Andrew was sent to ten days in solitary confinement.

As told Andrey, wages in the clothing shop is almost not made. During the ten months of the former political prisoner he received only one thousand Belarusian rubles, the rest of the money went to pay for bank transfer power and utilities in prison. A little more than pay for those who have to pay alimony.

In the wild - like working conditions

The prison administration states that the working conditions of prisoners fully comply with labor legislation, according to which all workers are working in Belarus. This is partly true, in many enterprises at large salary workers is actually two or three million. This money working only enough to pay utility bills and a modest family meals.

An activist of the Free Trade Union of the plant "Fiberglass" Nikolai Sharah: "In our company work only sign for the current instruction on labor protection, but in fact there is no instruction. For the request of the employee to the head read instruction may well be sanctioned by deprivation of bonuses, transfer to the worst working conditions or non-renewal of the contract. Already it's no wonder the demand superiors to conceal employment injury on the job. "

Alexander Morozov, Vitebsk Spring