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Death of a person during detention and the refusal of the authorities to provide information to relatives about the causes of death. Violation of the right to life and Article 3 of the ECHR

Article 2
14/09/2020 11:00

JUDGMENT Shuriyya Zeynalov v. Azerbaijan 10.09.2020 (app. no. 69460/12) see here SUMMARY Death of a young man in custody. Non-issuance of forensic report to relatives. Prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment, right to life and obligation of the state for effective investigation. The applicant’s son was arrested and remanded in custody for 5 days. He […]

Detention of a foreign asylum seeker based on an annulled court decision. Violation of the right to liberty and security and lack of redress

Article 5
21/08/2020 12:28

JUDGMENT Muhammad Saqawat v. Belgium 30.06.2020 (app. no. 54962/18) see here SUMMARY Asylum applications from a foreigner. Detention for deportation. Right to liberty and security and the possibility of redress. The applicant, a Bangladeshi national, was detained in a Belgian detention center while his repeated applications for asylum were being processed due to his possible […]

Prohibition of request for release from prison for two months violated the right to personal liberty and security

Article 5
27/07/2020 09:32

JUDGMENT Dimo Dimov and others v. Bulgaria 07.07.2020 ( no. 30044/10) see here SUMMARY Legality of pre-trial detention, reason for the decision and right of actual appeal. The applicants were arrested and remanded in custody on charges of extortion. They made many requests for release which were rejected without justification and were released only when […]

Limited cell space less than 3 sq.m. per person, constitutes degrading treatment. Violation of Article 13 for lack of effective remedy

Article 13
24/07/2020 15:21

.UDGMENT Lautaru and Seed v. Greece 23.07.2020 (ap. no. 29760/15) see here SUMMARY Conditions of detention, supervising prοsdecutor and actual appeal. The applicants were detained in various detention facilities in a limited space of less than 3 sq.m. per person, due to overcrowding in those prisons. They also complained about unsanitary conditions, limited and inadequate […]

Women’s prisons in Eleona Thebes. Detention conditions for HIV / AIDS detainees are satisfactory. Conviction for ineffective remedies

Article 13
20/07/2020 07:09

JUDGMENT Dikaiou and others v. Greece 16.07.2020 (no. 77457/13) see here SUMMARY Conditions of detention of six HIV / AIDS applicants, held in the Eleona Thebes women’s prison before or after their irrevocable conviction. Lack of effective remedies by which they could terminate these conditions. The Court found that the general conditions of detention of […]

Personal space in a cell from 1.72 to 2.76m consists of inhumane treatment. The act of a judge who reduced the defendant’s sentence did not consists lack of impartiality

Article 3
04/07/2020 10:39

JUDGMENT George-Laviniu Ghiurău v. Romani 16.06.2020 (no. 15549/16) see here SUMMARY Prison conditions. Fair trial, impartiality of judges and examination of witnesses. The applicant was sentenced to 2 years in prison for severe bodily harm. He appealed to Strasbourg, complaining of inadequate detention conditions, a lack of impartiality of judges in the second instance and […]

Provision of meals to Jewish prisoners according to their religion. Respect for their religious freedom by the state authorities

Article 9
09/06/2020 15:36

JUDGMENT Erlich and Kastro v. Romania 09.06.2020 (no. 23735/16 and 23740/16) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the provision of kosher meals to two Israeli prisoners of Jewish faith detained in a Romanian prison. The applicants complained of the failure of the Rahova Prison authorities to provide them with meals complying with the precepts of […]

Protection of provocative protected witnesses! Non-infringement of the right to life

Article 2
07/06/2020 12:31

JUDGMENT Α and Β v. Romania 02.06.2020 (no. 48442/16) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicants’ complaint about the protection provided for them as witnesses in a corruption case. The Court found in particular that the authorities had recognised that the applicants had faced a threat to their lives. However, it had taken some […]

Life prisoners must be isolated for 10 years for 22.5 hours every day and exit the cell only with handcuffs. A systematic problem of humiliating treatment!

Article 3
06/06/2020 17:18

JUDGMENT N.T. v. Russia 02.06.2020 (no. 14727/11) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s complaint about routine handcuffing and various aspects of his strict imprisonment regime, which had been applied to him for several years on the sole grounds of his life sentence. The Court found in particular that the Government had neither justified […]

Inadequate detention conditions are degrading treatment. ECtHR proposals to restrict temporary detention

Article 13
15/02/2020 21:51

JUDGMENT Sukachov v. Ukraine 30.01.2020 (no. 14057/17) see here SUMMARY Detention conditions, inhumane and degrading treatment. Systemic problem and ECHR intervention. The applicant was arrested in 2012 on charges of involvement in terrorist acts, and has been provisionally detained in a Ukrainian detention facility until 2018, when he was convicted and sentenced to 12 years […]

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