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CASE #228
Date
23 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Use of pepper spray (close proximity)
International classification of violations
  • Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Description

Time: nighttime

Place/Location: Pobediteley prospekt, 9

Identity of the victim(s): unknown protester

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

An OMON officer, near the paddy wagon, sprayed pepper gas directly into the eyes of the protesters. The latter tried to protect their eyes with their hands

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