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CASE #336
Date
23 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Damage to property
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Right to liberty and security of person
  • Right to protection of property
Description

Time: nighttime

Place/Location: residential building No. 3 near Pushkinshaya subway station

Identity of the victim(s): Eugenij, a taxi driver, 21 years old; сar passenger - a student, 18 years old, name is unknown.

Identity of the perpetrator(s): unknown

A young guy ran away from four members of the police forces. He managed to get into a taxi car in the passenger seat. Two policemen tried to block the car. The policemen hit it with truncheons. The taxi driver's statement can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL9h-mF7IGc and here https://auto.tut.by/news/exclusive/706716.html. In the statement, the car driver testified that the police had used electroshock against him as well as described the damage to the car.

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