A group of people detain a person on the street after the protest.
OMON officers with truncheons and wearing balaclavas chase fleeing people on the sidewalk. They manage to catch up with one man, it happens outside the frame. In a position bent forward and with his arms behind his back, He is taken to a police van.
The video shows that police vehicles are blocking traffic at the intersection of Karl Marx and Stefan Batoryja Streets.
The video shows numerous and frequent explosions of stun grenades. In the lower-left corner, protesters can be seen running away from pursuing police, grenade explosions occur in close proximity to a crowd of people.
The video was filmed during the Chain of Solidarity in Grodna.
At 00:10, the patrol police can be seen arbitrarily detaining peaceful participants from the Chain. The protesters are chanting “Let go!” The officers put the detainee in a patrol car. As soon as they leave, the detainee runs out of the car and tries to return to the crowd of protesters, the officers chase him. Having caught up, they begin to beat him. Other protesters come to the detainee’s defense and attempt to drag out the increasingly violent police officers.
Time: daytime Place/Location: Pieršamajskaja St 28А Identity of the victim(s): undefined Identity of the perpetrator(s): undefined Civilians were brutally detained by OMON officers. Several officers were holding the victims, while other officers beat them with truncheons until they fell to the ground.
An unmarked minibus and a military truck chased a car on the streets. Police officers got out of the vehicles, started chasing civilians and arrested some of them.
OMON officers randomly and arbitrarily arrested civilians on the street then put them into passenger shuttle buses.
A large group of riot police officers in full uniform, helmets and shields confront a crowd of peaceful protesters. The protesters clap their hands and shout “Vitya, come out.” The line of riot police does not allow the protesters to move further down the street. From time to time, riot police try to push back the protesters, but do not engage in direct confrontation and do not use violence.
OMON agents violently arrested several civilians at night in front of a residential building. They beat the civilians with truncheons and kicked them.
A group of police officers with balaclavas and helmets chased a group of persons on pavement, then assaulted a biker. One of the agents pushed him from the bike and another came to beat him with a truncheon.
This is a joint case for all videos depicting police damaging cars and persecuting drivers during the night on 11-12 August 2020. All videos were captured in multiple locations in Minsk. This is to demonstrate the scale and barefaced violence against drivers who supported or allegedly supported peaceful protests.
The video captured BelaPAN journalist Tatsiana Bublikova detained by police officers, reportedly after interviewing political prisoner Maria Safonova. Tatsiana was forced to an unmarked minibus without violence, although the police officers (one of them was with a dog) surrounded the journalist and she had no choice but to get in.