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CASE #377
Date
23 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Militsiya of the Republic of Belarus (regular police of Belarus)
  • Plain clothed police officers
Type of violation
  • Physical assaults (other)
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: nighttime

Place/Location: on a bus stop on ulica Surganova, across Riga shopping center

Identity of the victim(s): two rather young men

Identity of the perpetrator(s):

Two men in plain clothes, one in a white shirt and the other in a black uniform with a truncheon, were applying physical force against two male civilians. The perpetrators firmly gripped the victims trying to make them get up, growled at them. The latter was on the ground. One of them groaned in reply: "I'm getting up! [...]". The other victim almost didn't move.

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