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Rape, sexual abuse and prostitution of a 14-year-old. Degrading treatment in court by the accused! Turkish court ruling on the consent of the minor is unacceptable! Condemnation from the Court

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01/03/2021 19:20

JUDGMENT N.Ç. v. Turkey 09.02.2020 (app. no. 40591/11) see here SUMMARY Juvenile victim of prostitution, rape and sexual abuse. Degrading treatment of the victim in the court process by relatives of the accused. Tolerance of the domestic court. Violation of Article 3 and respect for privacy (Article 8). The case concerned shortcomings in the criminal […]

Acceptance of evidence obtained through torture or inhuman treatment by individuals violated the fair trial! First decision of the ECtHR on evidence of ill-treatment by individuals.

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23/02/2021 09:24

JUDGMENT Ćwik v. Poland 05.11.2020 (app. no. 31454/10) see here SUMMARY The case concerned Mr Ćwik’s complaint that proceedings against him for drug-trafficking had been unfair. He complained in particular that the courts had admitted in evidence statements by a third party which had been obtained through torture by members of a criminal gang. The […]

Arrest and police detention of two people in a state of intoxication for damage of foreign property. No finding of degrading treatment

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18/02/2021 19:39

JUDGMENT P.M. and F.F. v. France 18.2.2021 (no. 60324/15) see here SUMMARY The case concerned injuries sustained by the two applicants during their arrest in Paris on 1 January 2007, in a state of inebriation, for the offence of damaging private property, and during their police custody. Considered under the procedural aspect of Article 3 […]

Diavata prison and the humiliating living conditions for a diabetic prisoner in a wheelchair! Condemnation of Greece for degrading treatment

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12/02/2021 19:13

JUDGMENT Kargakis v. Greece 14.01.2020 (app. no. 27025/13) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the medical provision for the applicant during his pre-trial detention and his conditions of detention in Diavata Prison, the lack of an effective remedy to complain about the latter, and the length of the proceedings relating to the judicial review of […]

Lack of control over the legality of detention violated the right to personal liberty. Improved detention conditions at border stations

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12/02/2021 18:57

JUDGMENT Ε.Κ. v. Greece 14.01.2021 (app. no. 73700/13) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s conditions of detention in the Soufli and Feres border posts, the Attika Sub-Directorate for Aliens (Petrou Ralli) and the Amygdaleza Detention Centre, the lawfulness of his detention, and whether the review of the lawfulness of that detention had been […]

Homophobic attack by a man against a woman who revealed that she was a lesbian. Imposition of a penalty of 40 euros against him! Condemnation and violation of the ECHR for ineffective punishment!

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11/02/2021 19:08

JUDGMENT Sabalić v. Croatia 14.01.2021 (app. no. 50231/13) see here SUMMARY The case concerned Ms Sabalić’s allegation that the authorities’ response to a violent homophobic attack against her had been inadequate. She had been attacked in a nightclub when she had refused a man’s advances, disclosing to him that she was a lesbian. The Court […]

The pre-trial detention of the singer and columnist Atilla Taş, on account of tweets and articles written by him, was unlawful and arbitrary

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10/02/2021 19:45

JUDGMENT Atilla Taş v. Turkey 19.01.2021 (app. no. 72/17) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the pre-trial detention of the singer and columnist Atilla Taş because of tweets he posted on his Twitter account and articles and columns he wrote in the daily newspaper Meydan, between 2011 and 2016, criticising government policies. Mr Taş was […]

Torture, death, abduction, inhuman and degrading treatment, police brutality against protesters! Multiple convictions for violations of the ECHR

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09/02/2021 13:43

JUDGMENT Shmorgunov and Others v. Ukraine (applications no. 15367/14 and 13 others), Lutsenko and Verbytskyy v. Ukraine (12482/14 and 39800/14), Kadura and Smaliy v. Ukraine (42753/14 and 43860/14), Dubovtsev and Others v. Ukraine (21429/14 and 9 others) and Vorontsov and Others v. Ukraine (58925/14 and 4 others) 21.01.2021. see here SUMMARY The cases concerned events around […]

The inhuman and degrading police treatment of a detainee, due to beatings, stripping and threats was not restored with a claim of insufficient compensation!

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08/02/2021 18:51

JUDGMENT Zličić v. Servia 26.01.2021 ( app. no. 73313/17 and 20143/19) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s alleged ill-treatment by the police, the investigation into his allegations, and the proceedings that followed. The applicant was also awarded damages in civil proceedings for police abuse. The Court found in particular that the decision of […]

The constant use of handcuffs on prisoners is inhuman and degrading treatment

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06/02/2021 19:00

JUDGMENT Shlykov and others v. Russia 19.01.2021 (app. no. 78638/11) see here SUMMARY Handcuffs on detainees each time they came out of their cells. The first applicant, in addition, complained about his detention conditions and two other applicants complained about their inability to access legal proceedings to complain about the handcuffs. According to the ECtHR, […]

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