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CASE #390
Date
22 / 11 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Plain clothed police officers
Type of violation
  • Abduction
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Slapping, kicking or punching
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: daytime

Place/Location: near a residential building on Staravilenskaya str

Identity of the victim(s): unidentified man

Identity of the perpetrator(s): plainclothes police officers, specific unit unkown

Seven men in civilian clothes, military vests and helmets caught a man. Three of them held the victim's arms behind his back. The victim did not resist. Then one of the men kicked the victim's right shin to tackle him on the ground. The victim fell face down hitting his head. The abductors continued tying the victim's hands. One of them put a knee on his head. The victim groaned and at some point extended his arm above the head, to what an abductor yelled "Hands back [...]".

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