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CASE #371
Date
23 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Use of excessive force
  • Use of water cannons
International classification of violations
  • Right to freedom of opinion and expression
  • Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: nighttime

Place/Location: On Prospekte Pobeditelei, near Hero City Stella

Identity of the victim(s): large crowd of peaceful protesters

Identity of the perpetrator(s): a few police trucks

Use of water cannons by the police on this major arterial road of Minsk. The large crowd of peaceful protesters quickly fled the scene as the water cannons started firing at the demonstrators.

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