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CASE #141
Date
21 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Beating
  • Blows with batons and/or truncheons
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Denial of appropriate conditions of detention
  • Forced postures
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • Right to liberty and security of person
  • Violation of rights of detained or imprisoned persons
Description

Time: night. The exact date is unclear, but the video was published on 21st of August, 2020

Place/Location: 1-y zavulak Akrescina, 36

Identity of the victim(s): detained civilians

Identity of the perpetrator(s): Okrestina workers

Detainees stood along a wall on their knees with hands on the wall. The employees of the prison put the detainees along the wall, urging them on with blows of batons. In the end, a perpetrator repeatedly beat one of the victims who was complying with orders.

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