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CASE #224
Date
23 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Plain clothed police officers
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • 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: intersection of Saperov street with Pobediteley avenue

Identity of the victim(s): unknown protester

Identity of the perpetrator(s): plainclothes police officers

A man was arrested by two individuals not wearing any distinctive sign of the Belarusian security forces. The latter is strongly held by the two men, hands tied behind his back. The two men who arrested him took him to an underground and were heading towards the exit.

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