# They Beat Them Until They Can No Longer Work

- URL: https://syn.by/en/history/archives/they-beat-them-until-they-can-no-longer-work/
- Published: 1924-06-08T18:15:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:35:05+00:00
- Section: Archives
- Language: en
- BE edition: https://syn.by/historya/arkhivy/bjuc-da-utraty-pracazdolnasci.md
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/istoriya/arhivy/byut-do-potyeri-trudosposobnosti.md

> The Stowbtsy police beat a man until he lost the ability to work, and the authorities refuse to issue a certificate of the beating. The Belarusian Club received a telegram asking it to investigate the case.

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On 6 May 1924 the Belarusian Club of Members of the Sejm received the following telegram from the town of Stowbtsy:

On 5 May the police beat [a man] until he lost the ability to work. The authorities refuse to issue a certificate. We ask you to send a member of the Sejm at once to investigate. Vincent Bartashevich, Demyan Khinevich. Stowbtsy.