Politische Gefangene sollen in Belarus auf Feldern des sächsischen AfD-Politikers Jörg Dornau gearbeitet haben. Dessen Firma baut dort Zwiebeln an. MDR-Recherchen zeigen nun: Häftlinge könnten gezielt inhaftiert worden sein, um billige Arbeitskräfte zu bekommen. Die Vorgänge beschäftigen nun auch die deutsche Justiz. Ehemalige Häftlinge beschreiben in einem belarussischen Auslandmedium, unter welchen Bedingungen sie in der Firma des sächsischen AfD-Politikers arbeiten mussten. MDR-Recherchen erhärten nun die Vorwürfe. Massenverhaftungen häufen sich seit den Protesten gegen Diktator Lukaschenko in Belarus – viele Gefangene werden zu Arbeitseinsätzen gezwungen. Die Verbindungen des AfD-Politikers Jörg Dornau zur politischen Führung in Belarus sind unklar. “Als erstes waren es normale Gefangene, die beispielsweise wegen Alkoholkonsums inhaftiert wurden”, erzählt eine Person, die an Jörg Dornaus Geschäften in Belarus direkt beteiligt war. Später hätten dann nur noch politische Häftlinge für die belarussische Firma des AfD-Politikers “Zibulka-Bel” gearbeitet – ein Gemüse-Farm. Sie seien “zivilisierter”, erzählt der Informant am Telefon. Es ist ein Vorwurf, der vergangene Woche von dem belarussischen Auslandsmedium “Reform.News” erstmals öffentlich erhoben wurde. Es veröffentlichte ein Interview mit einem ehemaligen Häftling, der mittlerweile in Polen lebt. Er sei zuvor inhaftiert worden, weil er oppositionelle Inhalte in sozialen Netzwerken geteilt und kommentiert habe. Zusammen mit rund 30 weiteren Insassen sei er dann aus der Haftanstalt in Lida mit Bussen auf das Feld gebracht worden. Während der Arbeit habe es weder etwas zu essen noch etwas zu trinken oder warme Kleidung gegeben. Zwar habe er für die Arbeit umgerechnet fünf Euro am Tag bekommen, doch das Geld habe das Gefängnis einbehalten. Nach der Arbeit seien sie zurück ins Gefängnis gebracht worden, wo er sich eine Zwei-Personen-Zelle mit vier weiteren Häftlingen habe teilen müssen. Auch wenn die Arbeit nicht erzwungen gewesen sei: Die Zustände in der Haftanstalt bezeichnete er als “Folter”, weshalb er trotz der erschwerten Bedingungen die Arbeit auf dem Feld den Bedingungen in der Haftanstalt vorgezogen habe.
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siehe auch: German Journalists Turn Attention To Pro-Russian MP Using Labour Of Belarusian Political Prisoners. An investigation has been launched. German journalists are conducting their own investigation into using the labour of Belarusian political prisoners by German businessman and MP Jorg Dornau. We remind you that it recently became known that Dornau, who once again made it to the regional parliament of Saxony from the populist ‘Alternative for Germany’ (AfD) party, has a business in Belarus. His Tsybulka-Bel Ltd. is located near Lida, they grow onions there. It turned out that prisoners were brought to Tsybulka-Bel to process onions under the contract with Lida TsIP, including people who were detained for political offences. German journalists found one of them. Lida bard Siarhei Charniak was arrested three times last winter for ‘distributing extremist materials’. While serving his arrests, Siarhei was sent to different workplaces. Thus, back in February this year, one of Lida Telegram channels reported that he was being taken ‘to the local dump and to a farmer to process onions’, but they did not specify the places. It is now known from Charniak’s words that it was the Tsybulka-Bel enterprise, where he was indeed processing onions, and which Jorg Dornau visited on several occasions. The Belarusian told the German edition of n-tv.de that together with him about 30 prisoners were brought to the farm to Dornau, including people detained on political articles. Only these people were brought to the place of work in handcuffs. Also according to the former detainee, they were not given warm jackets to work in and they were not fed during the day; «Onion is tasty». Political prisoners work on an onion plantation owned by AfD MP Jörg Dornau. German businessman and member of the populist party Alternative for Germany (AfD), Jörg Dornau, signed an agreement with the Lida «Center for the Isolation of Offenders» (CIO) and regularly employed Belarusians convicted on political charges to work on his onion plantation near Lida. They were paid around 5 euros per day. As Reform.news found out, the German politician personally inspected the work of political prisoners. We found one of those «politicals» who sorted onions for Jörg Dornau at the «Cybulka-Bel» company. His name is Andrei (name changed). He is not the only one who was sent from the CIO to do agricultural work, but he was the only one willing to share his story with Reform.news. A prisoner in the Lida CIO. Drawing by Evgeny Lukashevich from the website spring96.org Содержание «Onion is tasty» Andrei was detained in February 2024. He was sentenced to 15 days in the CIO for liking a post on social media. Andrei describes the working conditions as follows: — They took us to a warehouse. February, basement, everyone had different clothing. So, our hands and feet were freezing. Breakfast was at 7:00 AM. We worked until 6:00 PM without food or drink. The onion is tasty. Andrei says that a contract was signed between «Cybulka-Bel» and the Lida CIO. He notes that the work was not forced. The money earned was meant to cover the costs of being held at the CIO. — We signed consent for the work every day. If the foreman thought a detainee was working well, he would be paid. The Lida CIO was paid 30 rubles, the detainees around 20. The onions were sorted for the ‘Evroopt’ trading network. When asked if he had heard anything about the German farmer, Andrei replies: — I even saw him! Tall, bald man. He came once in his car with German registration. He went into the warehouse where we were sorting onions along with hired workers. Looking at a photo of Jörg Dornau, Andrei responds: — Looks like him! Who is Jörg Dornau? Jörg Dornau was born in Borna, Saxony. He is 53 years old, has an agricultural education, and is engaged in entrepreneurial activities. In 2016, Dornau joined the far-right pro-Russian party «Alternative for Germany» (AfD). Since 2019, he has been a member of the Saxon parliament, representing the AfD parliamentary group on agricultural policy. Dornau was also a member of the extremist radical faction of the AfD known as «The Wing».