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CASE #237
Date
27 / 09 / 2020
City
Žodzina / Zhodino
Perpetrators
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Beating
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: daytime

Place/Location: shopping center area "Green"

Identity of the victim(s): unknown protester

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

A group of OMON agents in blacks uniforms ran out of a bus to chase protesters. One officer harshly catch one of the protesters, and arrest him aggressively with the help of other officers. They threw him on the ground, kicked and punched him before twisting his arms behind his back to drag him into a bus.

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