On 25 July, about 2,000 workers at the Burgylai company, a contractor to the KazMunaiGaz oil company, went on a 2 hour strike, and held a rally at the company to demand the release of their jailed comrades. Thirteen oil workers and supporters have been sentenced to between three and seven years prison, after a seven-month strike in Zhanaozen was broken up violently by authorities in December 2011. The appeal of their sentences was heard this week.
On 25 July, about 2,000 workers at the Burgylai company, a contractor to the KazMunaiGaz oil company, went on a 2 hour strike, and held a rally at the company to demand the release of their jailed comrades. Thirteen oil workers and supporters have been sentenced to between three and seven years prison, after a seven-month strike in Zhanaozen was broken up violently by authorities in December 2011. The appeal of their sentences was heard this week.
