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CASE #252
Date
04 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Detention of minors
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Right to freedom of movement
  • Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
  • Right to liberty and security of person
  • Violation of rights of children deprived of liberty
Description

Time: daytime

Place/Location: Pobediteley Avenue 3

Identity of the victim(s): unknown protester

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

A group of students, pressed against the wall of a residential building, was approached by more than ten OMON police officers wearing black uniforms. The teenagers were forming a chain, clasping all of their hands together. The law enforcement unit pulled each one of them out of the chain, one by one, and took the youngsters to police buses. Both boys and girls were arrested.

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