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CASE #172
Date
11 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description

The video captures armed fully-equipped personnel running across the 6-lane street in what looks like an attempt to stop a certain car. They fired from automatic weapons at the car in close proximity that manoeuvred to avoid running over one officer and continued moving. It looks like the driver wouldn’t be able to stop in time and then continued to flee from the scene for their life. The personnel continued to fire at the car.

Perpetrators
  • Plain clothed police officers
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
  • Special Rapid Response Squad SAHR
Type of violation
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Damage to property
  • Use of excessive force
  • Use of rubber bullets (close proximity)
International classification of violations
  • Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • Right to freedom of movement
  • Right to liberty and security of person
  • Right to Life
  • Right to protection of property
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CASE #171
Date
08 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description

Three or four men forced a bystander into a silver van without a license plate parked nearby. A woman voice-over commented that the victim was walking on a sidewalk when he was apprehended.

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 liberty and security of person
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CASE #170
Date
11 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description

There are 4 fragments in the video:
1. OMON assaulted a journalist;
2. MIA internal troops and OMON, probably, confiscated footage from a journalist…

Perpetrators
  • Detention Centre Personnel
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
  • The Internal Troops of Belarus
  • 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
  • Physical abuse
  • Slapping, kicking or punching
  • Unlawful confiscation of property
  • Use of excessive force
  • Verbal abuse
International classification of violations
  • Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • Right to freedom of the press
  • Right to liberty and security of person
  • Right to Life
  • Right to protection of property
  • Violation of rights of detained or imprisoned persons
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CASE #169
Date
10 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description

Servicemen with shields walked distributed loosely along the highway and nearby sidewalks. A black car attempted to drive out from a courtyard onto the main road. Numerous servicemen rushed on the car and started aggressively hitting it with batons, although the car stopped. The driver attempted to escape, but even more servicemen arrived and destroyed the car. It is not clear what happened to the driver.

Perpetrators
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Blows with batons and/or truncheons
  • Damage to property
  • Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
  • Right to Life
  • Right to protection of property
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CASE #168
Date
13 / 09 / 2020
City
Navapolack / Novopolotsk
Description

There was a small group of people protesting on the pavement. Servicemen and people in civil clothes appeared, seized a protester and forced him into a van. According to the people recording the video and Radio Svaboda, more protesters were detained.

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 peaceful assembly
  • Right to liberty and security of person
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CASE #167
Date
09 / 08 / 2020
City
Navapolack / Novopolotsk
Description

A group of five civilians (possibly protesters, as they were forming a chain) walked along a sidewalk when several servicemen, most of whom were in black uniform, grabbed one of the men, forced him on the ground, and started kicking him and hitting with clubs (his body, hips, head). Then they dragged the victim to an unknown location.

Perpetrators
  • Plain clothed police officers
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Blows with batons and/or truncheons
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Procedural violations
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
  • Right to Life
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CASE #166
Date
10 / 08 / 2020
City
Navapolack / Novopolotsk
Description

Two young men walked along a sidewalk when four servicemen apprehended them and forced them into a bus parked nearby.

Perpetrators
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Procedural violations
International classification of violations
  • Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • Right to liberty and security of person
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CASE #165
Date
09 / 10 / 2020
City
Navapolack / Novopolotsk
Description

There were some protesters scattered in the center of the city. Police and unknown men in civil clothes detained several protesters in a severe way and beat at least one of them. One of the victims required medical assistance as a result of their injuries.

Perpetrators
  • Plain clothed police officers
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Procedural violations
  • 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 #164
Date
10 / 08 / 2020
City
Navapolack / Novopolotsk
Description

Flash grenades were thrown in the direction of a crowd of protesters. People run away.

Perpetrators
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • 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 peaceful assembly
  • Right to Life
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CASE #163
Date
10 / 08 / 2020
City
Kobryn / Kobrin
Description

The victim was in the city center but did not participate in a protest. He moved in the direction of the noise to see what happens. When he came to a square, he saw OMON policemen and a crowd of people in front of them. People applauded and cried “Police with the people” and “Put aside shields”. There was no provocation from the side of protesting people.

Type of violation
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Use of excessive force
  • Use of stun grenades (close proximity)
International classification of violations
  • Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
  • Right to Life
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CASE #162
Date
02 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description

A group of OMON agents arrived to the area of Pushkinskaya metro station. They walked towards the intersection of Pushkina & Pritickogo Ave. Then a man was grabbed by men in civilian clothes and masks covering their faces. He was forced into a silver van without vehicle registration plate. A traffic police car with ID 677 was parked behind that van.

Perpetrators
  • Plain clothed police officers
  • Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
  • Traffic Police (ГАИ)
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
  • Procedural violations
International classification of violations
  • Right to liberty and security of person
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CASE #161
Date
02 / 09 / 2020
City
Viciebsk / Vitebsk
Description

Police detained a student in an administrative case. This was told by one of the policemen who presented himself as a major Veraksa. The student was sat in a car with no police identification signs with plate No. 4739EB-2. He said that he had not violated anything, answering the man recording the video.

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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