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CASE #251
Date
04 / 09 / 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
  • Right to freedom of movement
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: daytime

Place/Location: House of Trade Unions

Identity of the victim(s): unknown protester

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

The video recorded how OMON officers in black uniforms got out of the buses that had pulled over. Law enforcers detained passers-by for no apparent reason; the force was used against some of them - they were pushed into the vehicles. All those detainees were escorted to the police buses.

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