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CASE #261
Date
23 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Slapping, kicking or punching
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Right to freedom of opinion and expression
  • Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: daytime

Place/Location: vulica Prytyckaha, next to the Orbita hotel

Identity of the victim(s): unidentified male civilian

Identity of the perpetrator(s): OMONs in black uniforms and helmets

Two enforcement agents in black uniforms and helmets detained a man. While dragging the victim onto a white minibus stopped at the sidewalk, one of the policemen punched him in the stomach. A crowd of bystanders loudly shamed the perpetrators.

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