Dozens of OMON soldiers chased fifty male and female civilians. At least one was detained. Fog is visible and allegedly stems from a grenade thrown into the crowd.
Perpetrators
Undefined
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
Use of excessive force
Use of stun grenades (close proximity)
International classification of violations
Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
Right to liberty and security of person
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #25
Date
11 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
Four OMON agents beat a man on the ground. The victim was kicked with boots and hit with a rubber baton. The man’s belongings were crushed when one of the OMON officers repeatedly stepped on them. Several other victims were beaten further away.
Perpetrators
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Beating
Blows with batons and/or truncheons
Physical assaults (other)
Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #23
Date
11 / 08 / 2020
City
Baranavichy / Baranovichi
Description
Protesters on the street were notified that the police were approaching and ran away. As some police officers chased protesters, others broke glass and windshields of cars parked or moving on the road.
Perpetrators
Undefined
Type of violation
Damage to property
Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
Right to liberty and security of person
Right to protection of property
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #21
Date
10 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
A protestor walked empty-handed towards a line of police/special forces. Two officers left the line, ran at him, pushed him to the ground, and hit him several times with batons. They then dragged him behind the line, following which the squad used intimidation tactics, such as knocking on shields.
Perpetrators
Undefined
Type of violation
Blows with batons and/or truncheons
Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
Prohibition of torture (standalone)
Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #20
Date
10 / 08 / 2020
City
Baranavichy / Baranovichi
Description
Using truncheons, three soldiers repeatedly hit a young man, allegedly a minor. A fourth soldier held the man from the back. Another minor is attempting to halt the attack.
Perpetrators
Traffic Police (ГАИ)
Undefined
Type of violation
Blows with batons and/or truncheons
Ill-treatment of minors
Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
Prohibition of torture (standalone)
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #19
Date
09 / 08 / 2020
City
Baranavichy / Baranovichi
Description
A couple of stun grenades were thrown and blew up, one of them in close proximity to pedestrian civilians. The civilians formed a disorganized crowd and demonstrated no visible signs of violence.
Perpetrators
Undefined
Type of violation
Use of excessive force
Use of stun grenades (close proximity)
International classification of violations
Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #18
Date
10 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
The victim met with his relatives to pray at a church. He was sitting in a car when about four dozen OMON soldiers arrived, forcibly removed the victim from the car, and beat him as well as his brother.
Perpetrators
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Denial of appropriate conditions of detention
Deprivation of food and/or water
Unlawful confiscation of property
Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
Prohibition of torture (standalone)
Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Right to equality/freedom from discrimination
Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
Right to liberty and security of person
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #17
Date
11 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
A group of men in black ran through the courtyard and started to beat the victim who was near the entrance of the apartment complex.
Perpetrators
Undefined
Type of violation
Beating
International classification of violations
Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #16
Date
12 / 08 / 2020
City
Baranavichy / Baranovichi
Description
Time: unknown. Place/Location: in front of Bel Web Bank at the intersection of Sovetskaya & Gagarina str. Identity of the victim(s): young man. Identity of the perpetrator(s): first attacker – a tall guy in civilian clothes, skilled in fighting technique; four attackers – patchy greyish uniform, black gears, helmets with face shields, truncheons, possibly Special […]
Perpetrators
Undefined
Type of violation
Beating
Blows with batons and/or truncheons
Use of excessive force
International classification of violations
Prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #15
Date
09 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
While searching for her son, a woman, aged 31 suffering from Epilepsia, witnessed law enforcement agents using flash-bang grenades and firearms against civilians.
Perpetrators
Special Purpose Police Unit OMON
Type of violation
Abduction
International classification of violations
Right to freedom of peaceful assembly
Right to Life
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #14
Date
09 / 08 / 2020
City
Minsk
Description
One of the victims was at the polling site where he informed the head of the election committee of the damaged side of the polling box. In response, the head called the guards who took hold of the victim until two men in civilian clothes arrived and abducted him.
Perpetrators
Plain clothed police officers
Undefined
Type of violation
Abduction
Threats (not including death threats)
International classification of violations
Right to fair trial (procedural violations)
Right to liberty and security of person
Right to vote, to participate in free and periodic elections and in public affairs
EXPLORE CASE
CASE #13
Date
09 / 08 / 2020
City
Baranavichy / Baranovichi
Description
Time: late evening. Place/Location: Komsomolskaya street, section between Sovetskaya and Gagarina streets Identity of the victim(s): moving crowd of unarmed civilians. Identity of the perpetrator(s): allegedly OMON: a group of men in black uniform with one in greish uniform, anti-riot gears, helmets with face shields, and riot shields. One of them with no military insignia. […]