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CASE #386
Date
25 / 10 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Use of excessive force
  • Use of prohibited weapons (gas grenade)
  • Use of stun grenades (close proximity)
International classification of violations
  • Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • Right to freedom of opinion and expression
  • Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
  • Right to liberty and security of person
  • Right to Life
Description

Time: nighttime

Place/Location: Residential area near Orlovskaya avenue

Identity of the victim(s): unidentified, very large crowd of peaceful demonstrators

Identity of the perpetrator(s): undefined

The police (not visible in the video) used gas and/or stun grenades on a large crowd of peaceful demonstrators gathered in a residential area. People rushed away and searched for shelter. Two grenades went off right next to two-three protesters as they were fleeing the scene.

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