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CASE #57
Date
09 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Beating
  • Physical assaults (other)
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Description

Time: afternoon

Place/Location: Prospekt Pobeditelei 49

Identity of the victim(s): unarmed male civilians

Identity of the perpetrator(s): OMON (black uniform, boots, berets, facemask)

During the evening, OMON servicemen were seen to be using excessive force in order to detain male civilians in a parking lot. Thereafter, bystanders attempted to free those who were being detained.

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