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In Zhanaozen, the police detained striking oil workers who declared a hunger strike
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In Zhanaozen, the police detained about 15 people who announced a hunger strike due to the lack of stable work, Azattyk said. The local resident of Esberdi Arsala told Azattyk that the police used force, some striking were a fine.
One protester was fined 110 thousand tenge Approximately 245 , but due to the fact that it is unemployed, he was reduced to a fine to 77 thousand About $ 170 . In total, 30 people could be fined, and 15 police officers took the Aktau, the administrative center of the Mangistau region.
The akimat of Zhanaozen confirmed the detention of the striking, who declared a hunger strike, but did not comment on information about the use of forces to them. The appeal of the akimat says that those who declared the hunger strike were 23 unemployed. The city authorities also said that they allegedly proposed employment, but they refused.
The protests of January 2022 in Kazakhstan also began with the protests of workers from Zhanaozen
On January 2, 2022, rallies began in Zhanaozen due to increase in liquefied gas prices. Residents of other cities of Kazakhstan joined the protests, and by January 4, rallies covered the whole country.
Protesters began to demand the departure of Nursultan Nazarbayev, political reforms, as well as raising salaries and pensions.
By January 13, more than 10 thousand people were detained. According to the Prosecutor General, 238 people died.
329 criminal cases of torture were instituted because of the police violence against the detainees.
In October 2022, Mazhilis The lower house of the Parliament of the country of Kazakhstan approved the project of a one -time amnesty for the Participation: C protests.
In May 2023, workers gathered at the akimat Zhanaozen, announcing a hunger strike demanding to help them with employment.