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CASE #195
Date
10 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
  • Traffic Police (ГАИ)
Type of violation
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
International classification of violations
  • Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • Right to freedom of opinion and expression
Description

Time: daytime

Place/Location: along the lakeshore, Prospekt Pobediteley

Identity of the victim(s): an unknown driver, black sedan

Identity of the perpetrator(s): undefined OMON agents; two traffic policemen

Five OMON agents forced a driver out of his car, forced him to kneel down with his arms behind his back, and then forced him into their black Ford van. Two traffic officers were present, one of whom did some manipulations with the driver's car and another regulated the traffic. According to the video description, the agents forced the driver to remove a white ribbon (a symbol of protestors) from his car and let him go.

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