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CASE #491
Date
09 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Unlawful confiscation of property
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • Right to freedom of opinion and expression
  • Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
  • Right to liberty and security of person
  • Right to protection of property
Description

Time: daytime

Place/Location: exact location is unknown

Identity of the victim(s): undefined

Identity of the perpetrator(s): undefined

OMON officers in an unmarked minibus noticed a white-red-white flag on the balcony and stopped to get it down. Passer-byes started asking what they were doing. Just after,  one young male was violently detained.

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