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CASE #99
Date
10 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Use of excessive force
  • Use of stun grenades (close proximity)
International classification of violations
  • Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
  • Right to Life
Description

Time: night

Place/Location: intersection of Priticzkogo and Pushkinskaya, 2nd Ring

Identity of the victim(s): civilians

Identity of the perpetrator(s): cannot be identified

This six-second video captured intense fire with stun grenades - ten blasts can be heard. Most civilians located on the grass-plat next to residential buildings with people seen on the highway occasionally where the grenades had been thrown. There were a few sparklers likely used by civilians.

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