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CASE #248
Date
11 / 10 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • 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: daytime

Place/Location: near metro"Pushkinskaya", exact location unknown

Identity of the victim(s): unknown protester

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

A group of OMON officers is searching for demonstrators in courtyards near the Pushkinskaya metro station. The arrest of a civilian was recorded. More than ten law enforcement officers threw the Protestant to the ground, twisting his arms behind his back, and searched him. Then they led him away, bowing his head to the ground.

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