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CASE #364
Date
19 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
International classification of violations
  • Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: 5.19 pm

Place/Location: near Iceberg shopping center, vulica Piatra Mscislaŭca

Identity of the victim(s): ten to twelve unidentified female protesters

Identity of the perpetrator(s): Special Purpose Police Unit OMON officers

A group of about ten or twelve women were detained and held near a paddy wagon. A few masked OMON policemen, wearing either all-black or military uniforms, watched them. Then, two detainees were redirected, went out of the paddy wagon and joined the group. One of the OMON agents redirected them to another paddy wagon. He said, "Move them to that [car]".

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