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CASE #495
Date
10 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Threats (not including death threats)
  • 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: exact location is unknown

Identity of the victim(s): undefined

Identity of the perpetrator(s): undefined

Several people in civilian clothes were lying face down on the asphalt, hands behind their heads. Policemen in black uniforms and helmets moved between them. Some of them were armed with firearms, which they pointed at people lying on the ground.

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