International Day of the fight against police brutality is celebrated on March 15 . For the first time, this day was celebrated in 1997 on the initiative of the “Team of Counteracting Police Brutality” in Montreal and the Black Flag Group in Switzerland . This date was originally adopted for convenience (March 15, 1997 was Saturday).
In 2008, in connection with this day in Belarus , the Human Rights Public Association of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee sent out more than 600 postcards to the Belarusian prosecutor’s office, the ROVD, the Central Internal Affairs Directorate and the institution for the execution of punishments calling “Why be cruel?”.