«Human Rights» calls to return the separated
Asked Human Rights Watch, the Kingdom of Bahrain to investigate the expulsion and separation of the business, which affected more than 2,000 workers since March / last March, and saw the organization that this step is «a violation of labor laws, Bahraini and international standards, particularly those that prohibit discrimination on the basis of the political positions of individuals , and therefore must be abolished if it is proved that the compensation of affected persons ».
The deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa in the «Human Rights Watch» Joe Stork, the statistics issued by the General Federation of Trade Unions of Bahrain until July 12, confirming the expulsion of 2186 workers who mostly work in large companies that contribute to the state in funding and it is often justify the expulsions were absent from work during the protests and the beginning of work customary laws.
He noted that the expulsions, including 41 trade union leader at the local level, 7 out of 15 members of the Council of the Federation of Trade Unions.
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Confirmed that the separation processes of the work was for political reasons
«Human Rights Watch» calls to reverse its decisions in Bahrain Chapter
Called Human Rights Watch and the Bahraini government to investigate the unfair dismissal, which affected more than 2,000 workers since March / March, which seems to come as punishment for persons who have participated or supported the pro-democracy protests.
For his part, said deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch's Joe Stork «seems to be hundreds of workers signed expelled arbitrarily due to absence from work for several days, and it seems that the expulsions came on the back support those of peaceful protests and their response to the call the Federation of trade unions for a general strike» .
According to the statistics issued by the General Federation of Trade Unions of Bahrain until July 12, confirming that he had signed the expulsion of 2186 workers who mostly work in large companies that contribute to the state in funding and that it was often justify the expulsion of absence from work during the protests and the beginning of work customary laws.
He noted that the expulsions, including 41 trade union leader at the local level, 7 out of 15 members of the Council of the Federation of Trade Unions.
He added: «The Human Rights Watch has interviewed 18 workers were expelled from 6 companies and confirmed all of them had not been warned before the dismissal from work and that their companies did not do any independent investigation to verify whether they have violated actually the laws of their institutions and government regulations, and contacted the Human Rights Watch departments in six companies ».
He noted that the item 113 (4) of the Bahrain Labour Law provides for the possibility, separate the case of absence from his work «no logical reason» for more than 20 days per year or for 10 consecutive days, provided that the chapter is preceded by a warning in writing is sent after the expiry of five days since the beginning of absenteeism.
He said: «In most cases, by Human Rights Watch reviewed the duration of absenteeism from work was always less than 10 days and all of them confirmed that no written warning before being dismissed. Article 102 (4) that no worker may be punished for any error committed outside the work place, and so is the expulsions, which came on the back of workers' participation in the demonstrations illegal, although the government also considered ».
Stork said: «the companies to the expulsion of violating a labor laws of Bahrain and Bahrain's obligations as a member of the ILO. And the government must respect workers' right to peaceful assembly and expression of opposition political views face without retaliation of a political nature and commit their companies to do the same thing ».
He noted that some members of the Federation of Trade Unions stressed to Human Rights Watch that the government has made with a lot of workers in their participation in protests revolving Pearl, which took place between February 18 and 16 March / March and in political commentary, published on social networking, and in some cases, is manifest that the support workers of the protests was the reason for their dismissal from work.
He added: «return to the time that occurred when the protests, it was the right of every BD that does not feel that he was against the law, In an interview televised broadcast channel Bahraini government on March 6, said Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa to participate in the protests Roundabout Pearl was a «right of Bahraini citizens who have the right to assemble and to participate in peaceful marches» He also said «There are thousands of protesters in the rotor and they express their opinion freely».
He stressed that the Human Rights Watch has contacted all the companies and government institutions, which has laid off workers and requested copies of written warnings and letters of dismissal provided for by the Labour Code and the Civil Service Law Bahrainis, which is forwarded to the workers before their separation. He said: «to be on the companies and government institutions to re-workers who have been arbitrarily expelled to their jobs and to pay their dues in full for the period between the date of expulsion and the date sent back». He stated that the media Bahraini reported in mid-June that «the Commission to prove», headed by the Minister of Labour Jameel Humaidan recommended the 571 workers to their jobs, but one of the members of the Federation of Trade Unions, told Human Rights Watch on July 6, as of that date, been re-workers slow severe and pointed out that the number of these can not exceed the percent
Gulf Daily News - No. 3234 - Saturday, July 16, 2011 m, 14 th August 1432
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