Multiple detentions of civilians by fully-equipped and masked OMON and/or plainclothes officers.
Perpetrators
Plain clothed police officers
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Abduction
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 #219
Date
10 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
Multiple detentions of civilians by fully-equipped and masked OMON.
Perpetrators
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Abduction
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
Physical assaults (other)
Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
Right to liberty and security of person
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CASE #218
Date
09 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
A huge group of fully-equipped riot unit policemen (OMON with helmets, riot shields, etc.) were forming a chain on the street. A young male civilian, with both hands restrained behind his back, got detained by two officers (allegedly SWAT BB).
Perpetrators
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Abduction
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
International classification of violations
Right to liberty and security of person
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CASE #217
Date
09 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
Time: evening Place/Location: 13, Prospekt Pobeditelei, in front of the cimena theater Moscow; Identity of the victim(s): Incident 1: Group of male protesters. Incident 2: 0.21 sec – victim in black on the ground; multiple young males in jeans or shorts Identity of the perpetrator(s): OMON agents Incident 1: a mass brawl erupted between protesters […]
Perpetrators
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Abduction
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
Beating
Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
Right to liberty and security of person
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CASE #216
Date
09 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
A huge crowd of peaceful protesters were chanting on the street while blocking it. Some smoke gas grenades were being used on the street by the perpetrators. At the end of the video, shots can be heard.
Type of violation
Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
Right to liberty and security of person
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CASE #215
Date
01 / 09 / 2020
City
Hrodna / Hrodno
Description
Three fully-equipped OMON agents wearing all-black uniforms physically assaulted a red-haired woman. The policemen violently lifted the woman off the ground and carried her towards a red bus, one policeman lifting the legs and feet while the other two were lifting the woman’s body. The woman did not resist as she got carried into the unidentified ‘MAZ’ bus. A few bystanders observed the scene but did not intervene.
Perpetrators
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
Physical assaults (other)
International classification of violations
Right to liberty and security of person
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CASE #214
Date
01 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
A group of OMON agents arrested brutally several protestors on the street and forced them into buses without a vehicle registration plate and identification sign. They randomly capture a young man, push him to the ground and brutally detain him. Another limping young man was being escorted by an agent.
Perpetrators
Militsiya of the Republic of Belarus (regular police of Belarus)
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
Slapping, kicking or punching
Threats (Intimidation of population)
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
Right to liberty and security of person
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CASE #213
Date
01 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
A young man whose identity is unknown was taken by a group of plainclothes officers from the street to a non crowded place to question him. He has his face down and his hands tied in his back. Two female bystanders demand to disclose their identity and threat to call the police. However, the perpetrators remain calm and seem not to bother with the police.
Perpetrators
Plain clothed police officers
Undefined
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 #212
Date
01 / 09 / 2020
City
Homyel / Gomel
Description
“Two policemen and a byciclist with a wite-red-white flag on his shoulders were discussing. It is not clear what caused the argument, but eventually the byciclist agreed to follow the policemen. The direction is unknown.
Perpetrators
Militsiya of the Republic of Belarus (regular police of Belarus)
Traffic Police (ГАИ)
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
International classification of violations
Right to freedom of opinion and expression
Right to liberty and security of person
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CASE #211
Date
01 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
Four representatives of the press were arrested by a group of OMON agents and plainclothes officers. The group of OMON agents brought the press representatives into dark blue vans without vehicle registration plates nor identification sign.
Perpetrators
Plain clothed police officers
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
Procedural violations
International classification of violations
Right to freedom of opinion and expression
Right to liberty and security of person
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CASE #210
Date
01 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
The victims are very young male students of the BSU Lyceum. They were violently abducted by OMON agents as well as by men in civilian clothes. One of the children had a white and red flag. Some struggled but were violently moved to a silver Volkswagen van with no license plate or any identification signs in front of the school gates. In front of the van’s doors, women tried to oppose this illegal arrest. They screamed, tried to pull the children towards them but were each time violently pushed back by the security forces.
Perpetrators
Plain clothed police officers
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Undefined
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Slapping, kicking or punching
Verbal abuse
International classification of violations
Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Right to freedom of opinion and expression
Right to liberty and security of person
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CASE #209
Date
12 / 08 / 2020
City
Žodzina / Zhodino
Description
The victim was a man who had been beaten to the ground with a baton by an OMON agent eleven times. This last one gave him also twice violent kicks. Three OMON agents were also present but did not react to the violence of their colleague and didn’t take any actions to stop the assault.
Perpetrators
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
Beating
Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Slapping, kicking or punching
Torture
Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment