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CASE #366
Date
19 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Plain clothed police officers
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
International classification of violations
  • Right to freedom of opinion and expression
  • Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
  • Right to freedom of the press
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: daytime

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

Identity of the victim(s): four female protesters; a reporter

Identity of the perpetrator(s): Special Purpose Police Unit OMON; plainclothes police officers.

Three episodes of detentions of women and a reporter after the female protesters were dispersed or detained. Although the surrounding area was already quiet, the OMON agents and plainclothes police kept conducting detentions. One of the detainees held a white-and-red umbrella.

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