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CASE #319
Date
11 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Plain clothed police officers
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • 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 liberty and security of person
Description

Time: daytime

Place/Location: in front of Svyardlova Street 3

Identity of the victim(s): Yulia Lushcheuskaya, unknown man (Uladzislau Matsunovich?). The woman's name is according to http://spring96.org/ru/news/99476 (https://archive.vn/9YW8D#selection-895.0-895.17)
http://spring96.org/ru/news/100368 (https://archive.vn/Pk9zP)

Identity of the perpetrator(s): the unmasked man - Yakautsau Siargey Uladzimiravich, d.o.b. June 7, 1986 (https://t.me/BlackBookBelarus/1498, https://archive.vn/YD9OD); undefined servicemen in olive uniform and black balaclavas

People gathered in front of Minsk Region Court to support activists of the strike committee of Belaruskali. Yulia Lushcheuskaya unmasked a man in plain clothes and was violently arrested together with another man who tried to protect her. The detainees were forced to a van.

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