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CASE #287
Date
14 / 07 / 2020
City
Homyel / Gomel
Perpetrators
  • Militsiya of the Republic of Belarus (regular police of Belarus)
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Procedural violations
International classification of violations
  • Right to freedom of the press
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: daytime

Place/Location: undefined

Identity of the victim(s): Journalists, most probably Maryna Drabysheuskaya and Nadzeya Puzhynskaya (Silnye Novosti)

Identity of the perpetrator(s): identity undefined

Detention of journalists during a peaceful protest action. Policemen neither presented themselves nor explained the reason of detention.

The journalists identification is according to https://naviny.online/new/20200714/1594749086-v-gomele-tozhe-zaderzhali-zhurnalistov-rabotavshih-na-ulichnoy-akcii

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