Watchdog Says Belarus Health Workers Pay 'Heavy Price' For Political Crisis
udf.byMany health-care workers treated injured protesters Amnesty International says Belarusian health workers who participated in anti-government demonstrations or spoke out against official accounts are facing «brutal reprisals.» Health workers in Belarus have been at the «front line of the country's human rights crisis» stemming from mass protests against the results of its presidential election in August 2020, the London-based human rights watchdog said in a June 17 briefing.
The group said that “dozens of health workers have been dismissed amid the government’s crackdown on critics, with many barred from medical employment, while countless others have faced threats and prosecution.” Health workers have paid a «heavy price,» including the.