Death of Raman Bandarenka

Raman Bandarenka
Born(1989-08-01)August 1, 1989
Died(2020-11-12)November 12, 2020
Minsk, Belarus
NationalityBelarusian
Occupation(s)Artist, Manager
Known forActivism
Awards Medal of the Order of the Pahonia
Honar i Hodnaść [be]

Raman Bandarenka (Belarusian: Раман Бандарэнка) (August 1, 1989, Minsk – November 12, 2020, Minsk) was an aspiring Belarusian designer, and shop manager. His death is associated with the protests against the 2020 Belarusian presidential election.[1] Raman Bandarenka died after reportedly being beaten by security forces.[2] Police forces said they found him unconscious and called an ambulance.[1]

According to sources, masked assailants in civilian clothing beat him up, in the yard of his apartment building, in the evening of November 11, 2020, in Minsk.[3] Locally, this apartment complex is known as "Square of Changes" (Ploshcha Peramen). Later, a minibus took him away. An ambulance brigade brought from the Central District Department of Internal Affairs (Police Station) to a local hospital. At the time the ambulance took him, he was unconscious. At the hospital, he was diagnosed with different injuries to the head and brain, bruises, and abrasions.[4] Banderenka went into surgery in an attempt to save his life and fell into a coma. He never recovered and died on November 12, 2020, in the hospital in Minsk.[5][6][7]

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights spoke about his death.[8] In March 2023, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of the Order of the Pahonia.[9]

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  2. ^ James Shotter (2020-12-02). "Violent crackdown fails to silence Belarus protesters". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2020-12-06. Thousands of people have been detained, and in one case that sent shockwaves through the nation, a young opposition supporter, Raman Bandarenka, died after reportedly being beaten by security forces.
  3. ^ "Candles and Condemnation as Thousands Mourn Death of Belarus Protester". U.S. News & World Report. Reuters. 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  4. ^ "«В операционную привезли уже в коме». Неизвестные во дворе снимали ленты, избили парня, он в реанимации" (in Russian). TUT.BY. 2020-11-12. Archived from the original on 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  5. ^ "«Все в шоке, понимаете?» Как тысячи минчан несли цветы во «двор перемен» в память об умершем соседе" (in Russian). TUT.BY. 2020-11-13. Archived from the original on 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  6. ^ "Outrage in Belarus, EU after opposition supporter death". Associated Press. 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  7. ^ "В Минске умер Роман Бондаренко. Его избили из-за бело-красно-белого флага" (in Russian). BBC News. 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  8. ^ "OHCHR | Press briefing notes on Belarus". United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  9. ^ "Рада БНР узнагародзіла Медалём Ордэну «Пагоні» шэраг беларусаў. Белсат онлайн - Belsat TV". Belsat TV (in Belarusian). 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-10-19.