Forced dactilography of population is going on
In Salihorsk, workers of the Belaruskalii, and Building Trust #3 receive “directions” for
dactilography from the “ideology officers” of theses state enterprises. It’s
worth mentioning that these “documents” don’t contain any seals or signatures
of competent authorities. Moreover, according to the recently adopted Law On State Dactylographyc Registration,
the people who are liable to military service must be directed for
dactilography by the military enlistment offices. However, in practice the “invitations”
for dactilography are most often issued by the police, which is a direct
violation of the legislation.
New facts of forced dactilography were also registered in the Brest region. In particular, a worker of the
railway station, resident of the village
of Melniki (in the
Malaryta district) Ryhor Luk’ianchuk was haunted by the police: they kept
phoning to him, paying visits to his home. Eventually, they stopped him at the
Melniki railway station and, in presence of witnesses, handed to him a paper according
to which he was fined 1,050 000 rubles (about $350) for alleged insubordination
to the police.
Luk’ianchuk applied to human rights defender Uladzimir Malei, as he considers
such actions unlawful. His acquaintance Aliaksandr Kapylou refused to take his
fingerprints as he considers it as humiliation of his dignity as a law-obedient
citizen.
Recently, facts of forced dactilography have been registered in the Brest, Biaroza, Kobryn, Malaryta and Pruzhany districts of
the Brest region, as well as in Brest.
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