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CASE #229
Date
23 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Slapping, kicking or punching
  • 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: nighttime

Place/Location: Pritytskogo, 17, Metro Pushkinskaya

Identity of the victim(s): unknown protester

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

A group of OMON officers in black uniforms brutally dragged two civilian men out of the Pushkinskaya metro station. Before being loaded into a paddy wagon, on the ground, civilians were hit several times with their hands and pushed into a car.

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