Democratic activist beaten for tee depicting “Pahonya” coat of arms

• 12.05.2009, 11:38

Democratic activist Ales Tsyalehin is beaten up by hooligans.

Ales told Radio Svaboda he was walking with an entrepreneur for a meeting. Two unknown young men came up to them near Kuntsaushchyna metro station and asked why he wore a tee depicting “Pahonya” coat of arms.

The hooligans then beat Ales. One of them injured Ales’s leg with a knife.