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CASE #486
Date
11 / 08 / 2020
City
Zhlobin
Perpetrators
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Beating
  • Blows with batons and/or truncheons
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Physical assaults (other)
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: nighttime

Place/Location: vulica Pervomayskaya, 52-7A. Near "Megatop"

Identity of the victim(s): undefined

Identity of the perpetrator(s): undefined

A group of policemen in anti-riot gear confronted the protesters. Officers were in full uniform, helmets and shields. They randomly attacked and beat people with truncheons. At 00:09, one of the police officers can be seen hitting an unsuspecting protester with a truncheon, who turned his back on him. After the blow, the policeman began to strangle the victim. Other policemen approached them and arrested the victim.

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