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CASE #34
Date
21 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • 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
  • Violation of rights of detained or imprisoned persons
Description

Time: night

Place/Location: Akrestina prison

Identity of the victim(s): unknown

Identity of the perpetrator(s): unknown

In the courtyard of the Akrestina prison, detainees were compelled to kneel along the wall with their hands on the wall. At least 4 riot policemen or police officers, wearing a cap, beat the detainees with truncheons. The video was filmed from the cabin of a car.

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