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CASE #230
Date
23 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Blows with batons and/or truncheons
International classification of violations
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: nighttime

Place/Location: Pobediteley prospekt, 1

Identity of the victim(s): unknown protester

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

A man tried to escape from several OMON security forces. He was caught by 7 of them. He was brutally pushed to the ground and his hands were tied behind his back. The arrested individual tried to struggle. Therefore, he was violently taken away in the truck of the security forces with 4 policemen holding his arms and legs. Several people tried to resist this illegal arrest but they were pushed back by OMON officers.

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