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CASE #490
Date
09 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Use of excessive force
  • Use of rubber bullets (close proximity)
  • Use of stun grenades (close proximity)
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
  • Right to Life
Description

Time: nighttime

Place/Location: the intersection of Masherov Avenue and Timiryazev Street

Identity of the victim(s): undefined

Identity of the perpetrator(s): undefined

Multiple photographs from various media showing traumas and injuries suffered by protesters as a result of the actions of the Belarusian police on 9 August 2020 near the intersection of Masherov Avenue and Timiryazev Street.

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