An OMON agent and a man in plain clothes grasped a student with a white-red-white flag. Pr. Belevec broke in to prevent the detention. The perpetrators took Pr. Belevec into custody instead.
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 thought, conscience and religion
Right to liberty and security of person
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #183
Date
01 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
The videos captured the detention of protesters, most of whom were students. OMON agents grabbed students randomly, primarily men. They caught those who tripped and fell or were the closest to them. In one of the videos, the agent negligently grabbed the victim from behind pushing him to the ground.
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 peaceful assembly
Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
Right to liberty and security of person
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #182
Date
01 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
A group of people was running in the direction of the train station Minsk-Passagirskij. One of them was caught by servicemen. Two of the servicemen twisted the victim’s arms behind his back and led him in an unknown direction with two other servicemen escorting them.
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 freedom of thought, conscience and religion
Right to liberty and security of person
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #181
Date
01 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
Coming from Michajlaŭski Garden Sq., a large group of OMON agents and enforcement agents in camouflage uniforms were chasing and randomly grabbed protesters off the street. Protesters, some of whom had white-red-white flags, were trying to escape detention. An off-screen voice screams “You brave because you fight against children!”.
Perpetrators
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Undefined
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
Right to liberty and security of person
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #180
Date
01 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
Two men in plain clothes forced a woman, allegedly a resident of the residential complex Mayak, into a car. The woman screamed for help. A female bystander urged the kidnappers to stop, but to no avail.
Perpetrators
Plain clothed police officers
Type of violation
Abduction
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
Right to liberty and security of person
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #179
Date
27 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
Peaceful protesters gathered near The House of Government. OMON agents were randomly taking protesters into custody. The video captured four detentions. The reporter was asking the agents and detainees to comment on the events when men in plain clothes approached under pretense of checking his accreditation. They consequently detained the reporter.
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 the press
Right to liberty and security of person
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #178
Date
10 / 08 / 2020
City
Žodzina / Zhodino
Description
Servicemen detained a man in civilian clothes. There were plenty of servicemen and policemen in the area. The detainee resisted at the beginning. Servicemen forced him to the ground and dragged him. The man had what appears to be something on this left arm (a splint?) and declared repeatedly that he had not violated anything. People around demanded to free the detainee and not to break his arm. The chief of Zhodino GOVD in civilian clothes with a radio station was present there.
Perpetrators
The Internal Troops of Belarus
Undefined
Type of violation
Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
International classification of violations
Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #177
Date
30 / 08 / 2020
City
Žodzina / Zhodino
Description
Policemen detained a man who was approximately 50 to 60 years old with a white-red-white flag. Civilians demanded that the policemen let the man go. The policemen grabbed him by the neck in a choke hold and dragged him into a police car. Some men in civilian clothes helped the police.
Perpetrators
Undefined
Type of violation
Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Right to Life
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #176
Date
10 / 08 / 2020
City
Žodzina / Zhodino
Description
Three male civilians were forced on the ground. A servicemen in black uniform pointed a firearm at them, another one hit one of the civilians with a club. A man in civilian clothes got out of a silver van and made a call to someone while standing next to the detained.
Type of violation
Beating
Blows with batons and/or truncheons
Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
International classification of violations
Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Violation of rights of detained or imprisoned persons
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CASE #175
Date
11 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
Many detainees were lying face down on the ground and one on another in the courtyard of the police precinct. Around seven guards (policemen and men in black) were watching them. The video was taken by a woman from a building near the precinct. She commented that the detainees were kicked, beaten and tortured.
Perpetrators
Undefined
Type of violation
Beating
Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Slapping, kicking or punching
Torture
International classification of violations
Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Right to Life
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #174
Date
11 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
Servicemen grabbed and brutally beat men, including kicking and blows by batons, several agents on one. Blows were heard.
Perpetrators
Undefined
Type of violation
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
Right to liberty and security of person
Right to Life
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #173
Date
11 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
A servicemen in black uniform and hit with full force a white van that was making a right turn. He destroyed the left side mirror.