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CASE #221
Date
23 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Beating
  • Blows with batons and/or truncheons
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: nighttime

Place/Location: Niamiga

Identity of the victim(s): unknown protester

Identity of the perpetrator(s): OMON in black uniform and balaclava masks

A group of OMON police officers armed with batons brutally threw a young man to the ground. One of these policemen sat violently on the young man to restrain him and to stop him from struggling.

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