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CASE #423
Date
26 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Plain clothed police officers
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Unlawful confiscation of property
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Right to freedom of opinion and expression
  • Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
  • Right to liberty and security of person
  • Right to protection of property
Description

Time: daytime

Place/Location: near Kamarouski rynak

Identity of the victim(s): unidentified woman

Identity of the perpetrator(s): police officers in similar khaki uniforms with no insignia. Number plate of the van # 9272HM-7

A dozen policemen, masked and with truncheons, detained a woman. Four agents carried her restless body by hands and legs. They took her to a van. One of the officers carried a red flag allegedly confiscated at the detention. Two elderly women shamed the agents for wrongdoing. The video also showed that the perpetrators used cameras to film the arrest scenes.

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