Ukraine

5

No guarantee of rights

Same as last year

Region:Europe

Workers' rights violations

Violent attacks on workers

On 1 July 2020, during a protest organised by the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine (NPGU) and the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) near the office of the president of Ukraine in Kyiv, unidentified police officers advanced on workers and began beating them up, inflicting injuries to many. The police also illegally confiscated property (tents and personal items) belonging to NPGU.

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