Water cannons dispersed the crowd on Nemiga Street, pouring orange liquid over the protesters. On Romanovskaya Sloboda Street, demonstrators were harshly detained by plainclothes policemen. The detainees were harshly pushed to the ground and then got beaten up with rubber truncheons and punched.
Perpetrators
Plain clothed police officers
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
Blows with batons and/or truncheons
Slapping, kicking or punching
Use of excessive force
Use of water cannons
International classification of violations
Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
Right to freedom of the press
Right to liberty and security of person
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #243
Date
11 / 10 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
Near the Stella “Minsk – Hero City” a gathering of civilians was dispersed by law enforcement officers, who were dressed in black uniforms and civilian clothes. During the dispersal of the rally, at least one stun grenade was used in the immediate vicinity of the protesters.
Perpetrators
Plain clothed police officers
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
Beating
Blows with batons and/or truncheons
Slapping, kicking or punching
Use of excessive force
Use of stun grenades (close proximity)
International classification of violations
Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Right to freedom of movement
Right to freedom of opinion and expression
Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
Right to liberty and security of person
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #242
Date
11 / 10 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
Buses full of agents arrived in the Malinovka district and OMON agents arrested protestors. A group of protesters tried to approach the agents, but an agent in grey started shooting from a pump-action gun into the crowd. The protesters started running away.
Perpetrators
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Undefined
Type of violation
Threats against the victim (death threats)
Use of excessive force
Use of rubber bullets (close proximity)
International classification of violations
Right to freedom of movement
Right to Life
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #241
Date
11 / 10 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
There are three videos filming the arrest of protesters on Zybitskaya Street from different angles. One video filmed what was happening on the opposite bank of the river, where two equipped law enforcement officers in grey uniforms, armed with firearms, catches up with a group of civilians and severely detains one person, beating him with weapons and hands.
Perpetrators
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Undefined
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
Beating
Blows with batons and/or truncheons
Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Slapping, kicking or punching
Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Right to liberty and security of person
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CASE #240
Date
04 / 09 / 2020
City
Hrodna / Hrodno
Description
A group of OMON agents in black uniforms brutally arrest a man and a minor girl. The unarmed minor was harshly dragged by two agents and forced into a bus. Three agents were beating up the man laying on the ground and tied his hands in his back.
Perpetrators
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
Beating
Detention of minors
Ill-treatment of minors
Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Right to liberty and security of person
Violation of rights of children deprived of liberty
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #239
Date
23 / 09 / 2020
City
Brest
Description
Protesters scattered when a van full of OMON agents in black uniforms approached. A group of agents arbitrarily arrested a girl with a white-red-white Belarusian flag on her shoulders.
Perpetrators
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
International classification of violations
Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
Right to liberty and security of person
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CASE #238
Date
13 / 09 / 2020
City
Žodzina / Zhodino
Description
Nailya, the victim, got brutally punched in the face by a Traffic Police officer when she approached him with her telephone. As a result, she was injured.
Perpetrators
Traffic Police (ГАИ)
Type of violation
Slapping, kicking or punching
International classification of violations
Right to liberty and security of person
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CASE #237
Date
27 / 09 / 2020
City
Žodzina / Zhodino
Description
A group of OMON agents in blacks uniforms ran out of a bus to chase protesters. One officer harshly catch one of the protesters, and arrest him aggressively with the help of other officers. They threw him on the ground, kicked and punched him before twisting his arms behind his back to drag him into a bus.
Perpetrators
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
Beating
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
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #236
Date
27 / 09 / 2020
City
Žodzina / Zhodino
Description
Several OMON agents searched residential buildings to arrest protesters. Several women were arrested and loaded into buses. While the officers were escorting four men, two of them tried to escape but the officers knocked them on the ground with kicks and punches. Twisting their arms in their backs, officers dragged the two men into buses.
Perpetrators
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
Beating
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
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #235
Date
27 / 09 / 2020
City
Navapolack / Novopolotsk
Description
Equipped officers in camouflage uniforms and helmets escorted arrested civilians to a mini bus.
Perpetrators
Plain clothed police officers
The Internal Troops of Belarus
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
International classification of violations
Right to liberty and security of person
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #234
Date
27 / 09 / 2020
City
Navapolack / Novopolotsk
Description
Three OMON agents in black uniforms arbitrarily arrested a lone passer-by on the street.
Perpetrators
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
International classification of violations
Right to liberty and security of person
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #233
Date
27 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
At the intersection of Gorodskoy Val and Nemiga streets, OMON agents and plainclothes law enforcement officers arbitrarily arrested civilians on the streets. Ordinary passers-by were arbitrarily detained and placed in vans.