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CASE #232
Date
27 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Plain clothed police officers
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • Right to freedom of movement
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: daytime

Place/Location: Pobediteley prospekt, 19, hotel "Yubileiny"

Identity of the victim(s): unknown protesters

Identity of the perpetrator(s): OMON in black uniform and balaclava masks; plainclothes police officers

Near the Yubileiny hotel, a mass of OMON agents and plainclothes officers unloaded from vehicles on the street. They arbitrarily and unlawfully arrested passers-by, then they accompanied and forced them into the vehicles. Some of the arrested civilians were injured during the operation and were transported by hand to the vehicles.

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