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CASE #244
Date
11 / 10 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.

Perpetrators
  • Plain clothed police officers
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
International classification of violations
  • Right to freedom of movement
  • Right to liberty and security of person
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