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10 police officers were beating one person at a time, kicking and beating with batons

Date & Time 2017-08-30
Location UNHCR Office Zagreb, Croatia
Reported by No Name Kitchen
Coordinates 45.15069241, 19.17696258
Pushback from Croatia
Pushback to Serbia
Taken to a police station unknown
Minors involved no
WLTI* involved no
Men involved no
Age unknown
Group size 50
Countries of origin Pakistan
Treatment at police station or other place of detention
Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved 12
Violence used beating (with batons/hands/other), kicking
Police involved Two police officers from Zagreb, 8-10 border police

In August 2017, the interviewee, a man from Pakistan, was pushed-back to Serbia along with 2 of his friends, in a group of 50 people in total. He said it was impossible to ask for asylum in Zagreb, because the police arrested them in front of the UNHCR office in Zagreb.

As they were taken back to Serbia, the border police beat them. After opening the doors of the van, they ordered them to go out one by one, and were beating them one by one as they left the van. 10 police officers were beating one person at a time, kicking and beating them with batons.

He declared that 2 police officers from Zagreb were present, and between 8-10 officers from the border police. The border police were the ones beating them, the police from Zagreb didn’t, but they witnessed everything.