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CASE #375
Date
23 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Physical assaults (other)
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: nighttime

Place/Location: Pushkinskaya subway entrance, near a small shop "100 Den" at 21A Prytyckaha str.

Identity of the victim(s): two unidentified men

Identity of the perpetrator(s): Special Purpose Police Unit OMON, unknown unit

A man was brutally held and carried around by four policemen (then a fifth policeman joined the others), equipped in all-black outfits from head-to-toe. There were lots of flowers brought and left on a sidewalk - the police seemed to try and knock out the unknown protester. The detention followed by another once. Both victims were taken in an unknown direction. Bystanders urged the police to stop violent detentions.

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