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CASE #146
Date
04 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Plain clothed police officers
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: daytime

Place/Location: near Yubileiny Hotel at Prospekt Pobeditelei 19

Identity of the victim(s): random civilians, mostly men

Identity of the perpetrator(s): unknown men, allegedly KGB special forces

A series of detentions/abductions by people in olive uniform/civilian clothes. The vans into which abductees were pushed bore no identification plates.

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