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CASE #97
Date
10 / 08 / 2020
City
Mahilioŭ / Mogilev
Perpetrators
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Physical assaults (other)
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Right to freedom of opinion and expression
  • Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
  • Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
Description

Time: afternoon

Place/Location: front entrance of shopping center 'Atrium'

Identity of the victim(s): man in a grey t-shirt and blue jeans

Identity of the perpetrator(s): two police officers wearing protective gear, helmets and equipped with batons

Two policemen were taking a peaceful demonstrator into custody. They knelt him down.

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