Trade Union activist identified persons who hit him with baseball bats :: Charter'97 :: News

A member of a trade union of the Radio and Electronics Workers’ Union (REWU) Alyaksandr Berasnyou had been summoned to Buda Kashalyou police department. During a face-to-face confrontation he identified criminals who beat him up by baseball bats on June 14. On June 14 two unknown attacked him. As a result, the unconscious man spent several days in the hospital.

Berasnyou connects the crime with his strong-minded position. The trade union activist works in the settlement of Uvaravichy Buda-Kashalyou district, at the plant “Belarusnafta-Asobina”. A week before the attack he sent a letter to the president’s aide in Homel region. He informed about facts of violations by some top managers of the enterprise. During the attack criminals were shouting to Berasnyou: “Stop writing, otherwise we’ll kill you and your family!”

As said by Berasnyou, in the hospital he wasn’t tended properly. He was discharge from the hospital suddenly and in a bad health. He had problems with receiving a sick leave certificate in the settlement where he lives, Radio Racyja informs.

Alyaksandr Berasnyou hopes that the initiators of the attack will be found as well.