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CASE #457
Date
26 / 03 / 2021
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Right to freedom of opinion and expression
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: daytime

Place/Location: near the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectrics

Identity of the victim(s): a student of the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectrics

Identity of the perpetrator(s): undefined

An unmarked blue minivan stopped near the pavement then the door of the van opened and three police officers in balaclavas and all-black clothes started chasing a person who was standing alone on the pavement. Officers ran after the person, grabbed the backpack and by pulling it, they made the person fall down on the ground, where they finally apprehended the victim. According to Belsat, the victim was detained for having a white-red-white flag.

The description of the video indicates that the video was captured after the students of the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectrics hanged a big white-red-white flag on the facade of the building. Another video captured the flag:

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