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Poor, discriminatory and ineffective investigations of maltreatment from the authorities are degrading treatment.

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14/06/2018 08:38

JUDGMENT Romanescu v. Romania 16-5-2017 (no. 78375/11) see here SUMMARY Inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners. Ineffective research. Condemnation of Romania. The applicant complained that he had been ill-treated for as long as he was illegally detained after the Romanian Revolution of December 1989. Despite the long-standing investigation of the authorities, no one was accused […]

The extraction of the confession through police violence is inhuman and degrading treatment

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13/06/2018 07:37

JUDGMENT Sitnikov v. Russia (no. 14769/09) and Kondakov v. Russia (no. 31632/10) 2-5-2017 SUMMARY Inhuman and degrading treatment. Detainees. Police violence(bangs, kicks, virtual drownings, etc.) in the preliminary investigation of detained persons, with the result of signing their confession and the authorities’ refusal to investigate complaints about the police, constitutes inhuman and degrading treatment. Russia’s conviction for […]

Police violence against prisoners … “hurts” the ECHR

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11/06/2018 10:15

JUDGMENT Olisov and others v. Russia 2-05-2017 (no. 10825/09, 12412/14, and 35192/14) see here SUMMARY Police violence in pre-trial procedures. Torture. Research. Police violence with bumps, kicks, beatings with a wooden trunk, choking attempts, bindings etc. against detainees to confess consists of torture. Insufficient investigation by the Russian authorities, which justified the acts by the police officers who […]

Practices of physical and psychological abuse of the accused by the police constitute degrading treatment

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11/06/2018 09:09

JUDGMENT Zherdev v. Ukraine 27-04-2017 (no. 34015/07) see here SUMMARY Degrading treatment by the police. The applicant, who was found guilty of robbery and homicide and sentenced to 13 years in prison, has filed with the ECtHR complaints about police pre-trial (physical and psychological abuse by the police authorities in order to extract his confession) […]

The inadequate prevention and response of the anti-terrorist authorities cost 330 deaths. Violation of the right to life.

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08/06/2018 09:23

JUDGMENT Tagayeva v. Russia 13-04-2017 (no. 26562/07, 14755/08, 49339/08, 49380/08, 51313/08, 21294/11 and 37096/11) see here SUMMARY Right to life. Insufficient investigation of deaths. Unnecessary use of explosives and weapons. Infringement. In 2004, more than 30 armed terrorists crossed the administrative border between Ingushetia and North Ossetia and invaded a school in Belaslan where the […]

Lack of hygiene and inadequate space in cells combined with overcrowding of prisons are degrading treatment of prisoners

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08/06/2018 07:59

JUDGMENT Rezmiveș v. Romania 25-04-2017 (no. 61467/12, 39516/13, 48213/13 and 68191/13) see here SUMMARY Degrading treatment of prisoners. Cells in unacceptable conditions. Pilot decision. The ECtHR considers that cells must have a space of at least 3 m². for each prisoner. In the applicants’ cells the area was significantly smaller, had dirty toilets, mold, insects, […]

An ineffective research regarding a work accident consists of a degrading treatment.

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08/06/2018 07:14

JUDGMENT Mažukna v. Lithuania 11-04-2017 (no. 72092/12) see here SUMMARY Degrading treatment. Investigation. Work accident. The applicant complained that the pre-trial investigation and criminal proceedings in respect of the work-related accident he suffered, which led to his disfiguration, lasted too long and were ineffective. The Court accepted a violation of Article 3 of the Convention […]

Suffocation in order to distract the applicant’sconfession consists of inhuman and degrading treatment.

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08/06/2018 06:47

JUDGMENT Morgunov v. Russia 11-04-2017 (no. 32546/08) see here SUMMARY Inhuman and degrading treatment. Confession of the accused by virtual “drowning” him . The applicant, who was convicted of robbery, complained that during his temporary detention the police officers forced him to confess through virtual drowning, placing him a suffocating gas mask and a plastic […]

Forced confession and effective investigation of torture consist of a heavy blow for the ECtHR

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02/05/2018 10:40

JUDGMENT Shestopalov v. Russia 28-03-2017 (no. 46248/07) see here SUMMARY Inhuman and degrading treatment. Police violence towards a minor consisting of binding, kicks and beatings with a cane. Insufficient research. Complaint of insufficient amount of non-pecuniary damage by the courts for police violence against the applicant. PROVISION Article 3 PRINCIPAL FACTS The applicant, Anton Shestopalov, […]

Asylum seekers’ detention in Moscow airport transit zone was unlawful, inhuman and degrading

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30/04/2018 10:23

JUDGMENT Z.A. and others v. Russia 21-03-2017 (no. 61411/15, 61420/15, 61427/15, and 3028/16) see here SUMMARY The case Z.A. and Others v. Russia (application nos. 61411/15, 61420/15, 61427/15, and 3028/16) concerned complaints brought by four individuals from Iraq, the Palestinian territories, Somalia and Syria who were travelling via Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport and were denied entry into Russia. […]

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