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CASE #15
Date
09 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Abduction
International classification of violations
  • Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
  • Right to Life
Description

Time: late evening.

Place/Location: near hotel Orbita.

Identity of the victim(s): unknown man and witness' son. Testimony #7, Folder #7.

Identity of the perpetrator(s): Special Purpose Police Unit OMON

While searching for her son, a woman, aged 31 suffering from Epilepsia, witnessed law enforcement agents using flash-bang grenades and firearms against civilians. She also observed the men in uniform shooting straight at a young man, who died immediately. At the time of the interview, her son's whereabouts were unknown.

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