German police to share experience with Belarusian riot militia

The Federal Ministry of the Interior of Germany offered the Belarusian militia to study their experience of providing security during the mass events.

“Issues on training militia officers in public security in the Federal Republic of Germany will be discussed during a visit of the delegation of the German Interior Ministry to Minsk,” Interfax information agency learnt from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.

“Questions of organizing a training seminar for Belarusian militia officers will be discussed in Minsk. The German party offered to hold the seminar in Germany,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

According to the source of the agency, a delegation of the Federal Ministry of the Interior of Germany heading by the commander of Security Alert Jürgen Schubert.

“The main aim of the visit of the German delegation is to learn how the riot militia in Belarus works,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

J. Schubert will meet acting interior minister of Belarus general major Anatol Kulyashou, the ministry informs.

Besides, the German policemen will become familiar with functions and equipment of the special task militia group of the city militia department of the Minsk city executive committee (former Minsk riot militia) and the Tsentralny district militia department of Minsk, will visit the Center on Training, Retraining and Improving Professional Skills of Interior Personnel and the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

After militia education establishments demonstrate their skills of training militia for public security, J. Schubert will introduce his report to the teaching staff of the Militia Academy on the theme “Use of Alert Police Forces of Germany during Mass Street Events”, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.

Note of the Charter’97 press center: the Minsk riot militia is known in the world for brutal dispersals of peaceful opposition actions and cruel beating of demonstrators. One of the commanders of the Minsk riot police Yury Padabed was banned entry to the EU countries for brutal beating of pro-democratic people by riot militiamen under his command. It should also be reminded that during the last action on Solidarity Day April 16, Minsk riot militiamen were forcing people, who came for the rally with candles and portraits of political prisoners, out of October square and beating them. The riot militiamen were trampling and tearing EU flags.