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CASE #382
Date
23 / 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 opinion and expression
  • Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: nighttime

Place/Location: on Niamiha

Identity of the victim(s): unidentified peaceful male protester, following the lead of the police without fighting back as they arrest him

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

Five equipped policemen, wearing all-black clothes, were arresting a male protester, dragging him along with them as they probably led him to some van to detain him. Some lady shouted out: "what did he do to you?".

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