A man was detained near the Belarusian embassy in Moscow

In Moscow, Alexander Kuznetsov was detained near the Belarusian embassy (among activists he is known as Uncle Sasha). This was reported to OVD-Info by civil activist Anna Loiko.

Kuznetsov has diabetes, he is not given water and is not allowed to go to the toilet. He called an ambulance.

19:40 Kuznetsov told OVD-Info that the police choked him in the toilet and broke his nose. Also, Kuznetsov was not allowed to visit the ambulance doctors who came to him.

20:55 Kuznetsov was taken to the Basmanny police station. A lawyer from OVD-Info Sergey Telnov went to see him. Kuznetsov himself has not been answering calls since 20:00.

21:10 An ambulance came to the detainee twice, but could not find him. For the third time, an ambulance found him at the Basmanny police department and provided assistance.

21:40 The activist, who contacted OVD-Info, managed to get through to the detainee. Kuznetsov said that in the same police station where he was brought, there was also a taxi driver detained at the embassy, ​​who might be left at the police station for the night. Kuznetsov said that brute physical force was used against the taxi driver, and an ambulance was called for him.

Kuznetsov himself was taken by an ambulance from the police department to the 67th city hospital. This is reported by lawyer Sergei Telnov.

August 20 16:38 Detained Alexander Kuznetsov, after being taken to the hospital on August 19, refused hospitalization, Kuznetsov said in a conversation with OVD-Info.

He explained the refusal with fears that many people infected with the coronavirus are being delivered to this hospital. According to Kuznetsov, he is in the "risk group" for this disease, so he left the hospital after receiving first aid. Now Kuznetsov is free.

The information has been clarified that the detainee was not beaten, but strangled.

• On August 9, presidential elections were held in Belarus. According to authorities, incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko received about 80% of the vote, while opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya received about 10%. Since then, outraged citizens of Belarus, confident in the falsification of the results, have been protesting all over the country for more than a week.
• The media reported that Belarusian law enforcement officers used tear gas, stun grenades, rubber bullets, and water cannons against the protesters. According to numerous testimonies, after being detained, many people were tortured in special detention centers and police departments. According to the Viasna Human Rights Center, dozens of people injured during the protests are in hospitals in Minsk. There are those killed as a result of the actions of the security forces.