The Belarusian police claim that blows with a truncheon during the dispersal of protest rallies are safe. This was stated by the head of the Pinsk City Department of Internal Affairs Dmitry Korovyakovsky, Tut.by reports.
According to him, people confuse cruel and harsh detention. Cruelty is the use of force against a person who is immobilized, handcuffed or in a building ATS … This is unacceptable, stressed Korovyakovsky.
“But when people walk for three days with sticks, stones, go out every evening and day to the streets and go and smash the city with these hooting crowds – well, probably at this moment the use of force is allowed. This is called harsh detention.” – he added.
Korovyakovsky said that the “leaders” of the actions were harshly detained. “Those who tried to beat them off received, of course, on soft tissues with a rubber stick. Without this it is impossible. It is quite elastic, soft and when applied over the body does not cause serious injuries. These are bruises, bruises, but nothing more. “, he added.
Protests in Belarus began in late August after the presidential elections. The protesters demand the resignation of Alexander Lukashenko , new elections and the prosecution of those who cruelly dispersed the first protests after the elections.