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CASE #494
Date
10 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Use of excessive force
  • Use of stun grenades (close proximity)
  • Use of water cannons
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: praspiekt Pieramožcaŭ, 39

Identity of the victim(s): undefined

Identity of the perpetrator(s): undefined

Police officers fired stun grenades at the feet of people who were filming the video. Judging by the location of the people, they were on the porch of a residential building at 39 praspiekt Pieramožcaŭ. The police used stun grenades and a water cannon.

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