Belarusian activists jailed by Minsk on administrative charges in 2020 were sent to work at onion plantations belonging to a company led by a German lawmaker who belongs to the far-right populist Alternative for Germany party, an investigation by Reform.news revealed. According to the report, jailed Belarusians were paid five euros ($5.60) per day on a voluntary basis to work in the fields in the western Belarusian district of Lida. One of the activists told Reform.news that the German lawmaker, Jorg Dornau, who represents a district in the state of Saxony, visited the plantations to check the activists' work. Dornau has not commented on the investigative report. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Belarus Service, click here.
Jailed Belarusian Activists Reportedly Worked On German Lawmaker's Plantations
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