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CASE #255
Date
11 / 10 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Plain clothed police officers
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Beating
  • Blows with batons and/or truncheons
  • 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: intersection of Masherov Avenue and Kalvariyskaya Street

Identity of the victim(s): unknown

Identity of the perpetrator(s): plainclothes police officers

Plainclothes police officers stopped the cyclists. One civilian was thrown to the ground and got beaten up with rubber truncheons. After that, the detainee and his bicycle were taken to the side of the road to the police transport.

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