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CASE #110
Date
10 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Use of excessive force
  • Use of rubber bullets (close proximity)
  • Use of stun grenades (close proximity)
International classification of violations
  • Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
  • Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
  • Right to liberty and security of person
  • Right to Life
Description

Time: night

Place/Location: intersection of Priticzkogo and Pushkinskaya, 2nd Ring

Identity of the victim(s): civilians, a man is wounded

Identity of the perpetrator(s): unknown

Approximately eleven men stood on the left side of Priticzkogo highway. They faced the store "100 Den" where special forces were located. The men did not act in a violent way. To record a video of a the special forces across the road close to prospect Pushkina, a man in a white shirt raised his hands holding a cell phone when a stun grenade exploded right next to him and wounded him in the chest. People rushed to him as he was calling for help.

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