FIRST SECTION
CASE OF PETERMAN AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA
(Applications nos. 51678/15 and 51 others – see appended list)
JUDGMENT
STRASBOURG
26 October 2023
This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.
In the case of Peterman and Others v. Russia,
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:
Péter Paczolay, President,
Gilberto Felici,
Raffaele Sabato, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 5 October 2023,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:
PROCEDURE
1. The case originated in applications against Russia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on the various dates indicated in the appended table.
2. The Russian Government (“the Government”) were given notice of the applications.
THE FACTS
3. The list of applicants and the relevant details of the applications are set out in the appended table.
4. The applicants complained of the inadequate conditions of detention during their transport. Some applicants also raised other complaints under the provisions of the Convention.
THE LAWJOINDER OF THE APPLICATIONS
5. Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single judgment.JURISDICTION
6. The Court observes that the facts giving rise to the alleged violations of the Convention occurred prior to 16 September 2022, the date on which the Russian Federation ceased to be a party to the Convention. The Court therefore decides that it has jurisdiction to examine the present applications (see Fedotova and Others v. Russia [GC], nos. 40792/10 and 2 others, §§ 68‑73, 17 January 2023).ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 3 OF THE CONVENTION
7. The applicants complained principally of the inadequate conditions of detention during their transport. They relied on Article 3 of the Convention, which reads as follows:
“No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
8. The Court notes that the applicants were detained in poor conditions during transport. The details of the applicants’ detention are indicated in the appended table. The Court refers to the principles established in its case‑law regarding cramped and defective conditions during the transit of prisoners (see Tomov and Others v. Russia, nos. 18255/10 and 5 others, §§ 124-27, 9 April 2019). It reiterates in particular that a strong presumption of a violation arises when detainees are transported in conveyances offering less than 0.5 square metres of space per person, regardless of whether such cramped conditions result from an excessive number of detainees being transported together or from the restrictive design of compartments (ibid., § 125). As regards longer journeys, factors such as a failure to arrange an individual sleeping place for each detainee or to secure an adequate supply of drinking water and food or access to the toilet seriously aggravate the situation of prisoners during transfers and are indicative of a violation of Article 3 (ibid., § 127).
9. In the leading case of Tomov and Others (cited above), the Court already found a violation in respect of issues similar to those in the present case.
10. Having examined all the material submitted to it, the Court has not found any fact or argument capable of persuading it to reach a different conclusion on the admissibility and merits of these complaints. Having regard to its case-law on the subject, the Court considers that in the instant case the applicants’ conditions of detention during their transport were inadequate.
11. These complaints are therefore admissible and disclose a breach of Article 3 of the Convention.OTHER ALLEGED VIOLATIONS UNDER WELL-ESTABLISHED CASE-LAW
12. Some applicants submitted other complaints which also raised issues under the Convention, given the relevant well-established case-law of the Court (see appended table). These complaints are not manifestly ill-founded within the meaning of Article 35 § 3 (a) of the Convention, nor are they inadmissible on any other ground. Accordingly, they must be declared admissible. Having examined all the material before it, the Court concludes that they also disclose violations of the Convention in the light of its well‑established case-law (see Idalov v. Russia [GC], no. 5826/03, §§ 154‑58, 22 May 2012, concerning excessive length of judicial review of pre-trial detention; Svinarenko and Slyadnev v. Russia [GC], nos. 32541/08 and 43441/08, ECHR 2014 (extracts), as regards placement in a metal cage during court hearings, Tomov and Others, cited above, §§ 92-156, concerning the lack of an effective remedy to complain about poor conditions of detention during transport; Gorlov and Others v. Russia, nos. 27057/06 and 2 others, 2 July 2019, concerning permanent video surveillance of detainees and the lack of an effective remedy in that respect; Dirdizov v. Russia, no. 41461/10, §§ 101-11, 27 November 2012, concerning the excessive length of pre-trial detention; Sergey Babushkin v. Russia, no. 5993/08, 28 November 2013, and Ananyev and Others v. Russia, nos. 42525/07 and 60800/08, 10 January 2012, related to conditions of pre-trial and post‑conviction detention; Andrey Smirnov v. Russia, no. 43149/10, 13 February 2018, Resin v. Russia, no. 9348/14, 18 December 2018, Chaldayev v. Russia, no. 33172/16, 28 May 2019, Pshibiyev and Berov v. Russia, no. 63748/13, 9 June 2020, and Mukhametov and Others v. Russia, nos. 53404/18 and 3 others, 14 December 2021, concerning various restrictions on family visits in pre-trial detention facilities; Yevdokimov and Others v. Russia, nos. 27236/05 and 10 others, §§ 17-53, 16 February 2016, concerning domestic courts’ refusal to bring detainees to hearings in civil cases; and Anchugov and Gladkov v. Russia, nos. 11157/04 and 15162/05, 4 July 2013, concerning prisoners’ right to vote in the choice of the legislature and the lack of an effective remedy in that respect).
13. In view of the above findings, the Court considers that there is no need to deal separately with the complaints lodged by some applicants under Article 13 of the Convention about the lack of effective domestic remedies to complain about their placement in a metal cage in courtrooms or about their conditions of detention (compare Valyuzhenich v. Russia, no. 10597/13, § 27, 26 March 2019).APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 41 OF THE CONVENTION
14. Article 41 of the Convention provides:
“If the Court finds that there has been a violation of the Convention or the Protocols thereto, and if the internal law of the High Contracting Party concerned allows only partial reparation to be made, the Court shall, if necessary, afford just satisfaction to the injured party.”
15. Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case‑law (see, in particular, Pukhachev and Zaretskiy v. Russia, nos. 17494/16 and 29203/16, 16 November 2017), the Court considers it reasonable to award the sums indicated in the appended table.
FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT, UNANIMOUSLY,Decides to join the applications;Holds that it has jurisdiction to deal with the applicants’ complaints as they relate to facts that took place before 16 September 2022;Declares the applications admissible;Holds that these complaints disclose a breach of Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention during transport;Holds that there has been a violation of the Convention and its Protocols as regards the other complaints raised under well-established case-law of the Court (see the appended table);Holds that it is not necessary to examine separately the complaints lodged by some applicants under Article 13 of the Convention in respect of the lack of domestic remedies to complain about their placement in a metal cage in courtrooms or their conditions of detention;Holds
(a) that the respondent State is to pay the applicants, within three months, the amounts indicated in the appended table, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable at the date of settlement;
(b) that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amounts at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default during the default period plus three percentage points.
Done in English, and notified in writing on 26 October 2023, pursuant to Rule 77 §§ 2 and 3 of the Rules of Court.
Viktoriya Maradudina Péter Paczolay
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention
(inadequate conditions of detention during transport)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Means of transport
Start and end date
Sq. m per inmate
Specific grievances
Other complaints under well-established case-law
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant
(in euros)[1]
51678/15
04/10/2015
Sergey Vladimirovich PETERMAN
1971
Aleksey Nikolayevich Laptev
Moscow
van, transit cell, numerous occasions of transport
12/02/2015 to
13/09/2017
0.3 m²
poor quality of potable water, passive smoking, overcrowding, applicant transported on numerous occasions, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient electric light
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - placement in a metal cage during court hearings between 12/02/2015 and 13/09/2017,
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
8,500
10230/18
26/12/2017
Mikhail Alekseyevich VOLKOV
1982
van
28/02/2020 to
20/04/2020
0.3 m²
applicant transported on numerous occasions, inadequate temperature, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, overcrowding, restricted access to food, transport in a single occupancy compartment
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport,
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms -placement in a metal cage in Prison no. 2 in Krasnoyarsk during various hearings, by way of videoconference (between 27/04/2020 and 09/12/2020). Placement in a cage at the hearing before the Second Cassation Court on 07/07/2021. Multiple proceedings in various courts in which the applicant was at the same period placed in a metal cage (Babushkinskiy District Court of Moscow, Ostankinskiy District Court of Moscow, Krasnoyarsk Regional Court, Moscow City Court, Eighth Cassation Court),
Art. 6 (1) - applicant’s absence from civil proceedings - civil claim for compensation of non-pecuniary damage caused by conditions of detention; decision on 01/03/2017, by the Zamoskvoretskiy District Court of Moscow; Appeal decision on 26/09/2017, by the Moscow City Court, final decision on the matter was taken by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on 28/05/2018 (complaint lodged on 01/09/2018). The applicant, a detainee, was not brought to any hearings in his civil case
9,500
30247/18
31/05/2018
Aleksandr Viktorovich BORISOV
1979
Aleksey Nikolayevich Laptev
Moscow
van, holding cell at the courthouse; numerous occasions of transport between the detention facility and the courthouse
14/08/2017 to
26/09/2018
0.2-0.6 m²
no access to potable water, lack of privacy for using toilet, no or restricted access to toilet, passive smoking, inadequate temperatures, no natural light, overcrowding
Art. 5 (4) - excessive length of judicial review of detention - extension of detention order of 11/09/2017, appeal filed on 13/09/2017 and examined on 01/12/2017 (the applicant did not receive a copy of the decision),
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms – placement in a metal cage in the courtroom during the hearings on pretrial detention, trial and appeal proceedings. Basmannyy District Court of Moscow, Moscow City Court between 22/06/2017 and 26/09/2018
8,500
35084/18
10/07/2018
Viktor Aleksandrovich VASILCHENKO
1993
van, train
07/03/2018 to
08/03/2018
train
09/02/2019 to
10/02/2019
train, van
27/09/2019 to
28/09/2019
van, train
09/12/2019 to
10/12/2019
0.37-0.43 m²
0.37 m²
0.45 m²
lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of fresh air, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to potable water
insufficient number of sleeping places, no or restricted access to toilet, 8 persons were held in a train compartment measuring 1. 9 m * 1 m
insufficient number of sleeping places, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to potable water
insufficient number of sleeping places, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to potable water
1,000
44107/18
25/08/2018
Sergey Alekseyevich KARNAUKHOV
1980
train
03/07/2018 to
04/07/2018
van, train, transit cell
03/10/2019 to
04/10/2019
train
20/08/2020 to
21/08/2020
train
15/03/2021 to
16/03/2021
0.25-0.8 m²
0.5 m²
0.42 m²
overcrowding, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient electric light, no or restricted access to potable water, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to toilet
lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to toilet, inadequate temperature, overcrowding, lack of belts and handles, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack or insufficient quantity of food, no or restricted access to potable water
lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, overcrowding, no or restricted access to potable water, inadequate temperature, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to toilet
insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient quantity of food, lack of fresh air
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport,
Art. 8 (1) - permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities - permanent video surveillance in IK-25 Komi Republic since 15/01/2016-and ongoing on the date when the application was lodged with the Court.
1,000
46146/18
18/09/2018
Vadim Gennadiyevich KOSORUKOV
1975
train
20/08/2018 to
21/08/2018
insufficient number of sleeping places, no or restricted access to toilet, inadequate temperature, lack of fresh air
1,000
46788/18
06/09/2018
Anton Nikolayevich ZHILIN
1978
train, van
27/07/2018 to
29/07/2018
train, van
21/02/2019 to
23/02/2019
van, transit cell,
27/06/2019 to
10/02/2020
train
29/07/2020 to
31/07/2020
0.4 m²
0.45 m²
overcrowding, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to toilet, insufficient number of sleeping places, passive smoking
bunk beds, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of hot food, passive smoking, no or restricted access to toilet, overcrowding
lack of or insufficient natural light, stakan-type cubicles
lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient quantity of food, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, overcrowding, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, insufficient number of sleeping places
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport,
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms – placement in a metal cage in the courtroom between 27/06/2019 and 10/02/2020; before the Justice of the Peace, Shakhterskiy Judicial Circuit, Vorkuta (introduction date - 12/03/2020)
8,500
46860/18
18/09/2018
Yevgeniy Borisovich DOROSEVICH
1980
van, train
03/08/2018 to
31/08/2018
train, van
25/03/2019 to
26/03/2019
0.2-0.4 m²
lack of security belts, lack of ventilation, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of or insufficient natural light, no or restricted access to potable water
insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of fresh air, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to toilet, overcrowding
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
49982/18
04/10/2018
Khuler Eduardovich BOPUY-OOL
1993
van, train
26/03/2018 to
20/05/2018
overcrowding, inadequate temperature, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient electric light, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
50661/18
09/10/2018
Ivan Anatolyevich MALAKHOV
1962
train, (one round trip)
27/04/2018 to
08/07/2018
0.6 m²
no or restricted access to toilet, lack of or insufficient electric light, both trips lasted cumulatively 19 hours
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport,
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - during court hearings at the Pushkinskiy District Court of Syktyvkar from 07/04 to 07/06/2021 and held by the Justice of the Peace of the Krasnozatonskiy Judicial Circuit of Syktyvkar on 12/07/2021.
8,500
52108/18
05/11/2018
Danis Miratovich FAYZRAKHMANOV
1988
van, transit cell
30/05/2017 to
30/07/2018
train, van
22/10/2020 to
05/12/2020
0.2-0.7 m²
0.5 m²
lack of fresh air, inadequate temperature, lack of or insufficient electric light, no or restricted access to toilet
no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to potable water, overcrowding, applicant transported on numerous occasions, insufficient number of sleeping places, the transfer (van+ train on 22/10/2020) lasted 22.5 hours, 8 to 11 inmates per train compartment
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
55833/18
15/11/2018
Mikhail Anatolyevich ROSKOSHIN
1980
van, train
27/05/2018 to
29/05/2018
van, train
11/06/2018 to
13/06/2018
train
24/03/2021 to
25/03/2021
0.4 m²
0.4 m²
0.4 m²
overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of fresh air, passive smoking, lack of or insufficient electric light
overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of fresh air, passive smoking, lack of or insufficient electric light
overcrowding, lack of fresh air, poor quality of food, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient electric light, no or restricted access to toilet
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
58662/18
21/11/2018
Vladimir Nikolayevich SKOROMETS
1956
train, van, two occasions of transport during the period indicated below
01/10/2018 to
31/10/2018
0.6 m²
overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
58907/18
27/11/2018
Vladislav Alekseyevich REDIN
1994
train
09/08/2018 to
10/08/2018
no or restricted access to toilet, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of fresh air
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
59302/18
20/11/2018
Artem Aleksandrovich SMIRNOV
1987
train
05/10/2018 to
07/10/2018
insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of fresh air, overcrowding
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms – placement in a metal cage in the courtroom of the Ukhta Town Court of the Komi Republic, between 11/06/2021 and 02/09/2021,
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
8,500
1912/19
08/11/2018
Sergey Olegovich DERGACHEV
1979
train, van
19/12/2018 to
28/12/2018
0.4 m²
overcrowding, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of privacy for toilet, passive smoking, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack or insufficient quantity of food
1,000
7343/19
22/01/2019
Roman Vyacheslavovich SHIROKOV
1993
van, train
26/09/2018 to
01/12/2018
lack of fresh air, inadequate temperature, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to potable water
1,000
7871/19
19/12/2018
Sergey Yuryevich OSOKIN
1979
train
12/10/2018 to
14/10/2018
0.4 m²
insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of fresh air, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, no or restricted access to toilet, overcrowding
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
8977/19
23/01/2019
Anton Olegovich PONOMAREV
1989
train, transit cell, van
19/12/2018 to
28/12/2018
0.2 m²
overcrowding, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to toilet, passive smoking, mouldy or dirty cell
1,000
11252/19
12/03/2019
Andrey Vladimirovich ILLARIONOV
1982
train, van
21/12/2018 to
28/01/2019
train, van
09/09/2020 to
09/11/2020
lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to toilet, overcrowding, poor quality of food, poor quality of potable water
applicant transported on numerous occasions, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to potable water, lack of or insufficient electric light, no or restricted access to warm water, lack of fresh air, low ceilings in cells, passive smoking, lack of or insufficient natural light, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, poor quality of food, overcrowding
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
12047/19
29/01/2019
Artem Gabitovich GATAULIN
1977
train
23/01/2019 to
24/01/2019
van
05/02/2019 to
05/02/2019
train
05/02/2019 to
05/02/2019
0.4 m²
0.44 m²
lack of fresh air, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or insufficient natural light, no or restricted access to toilet, overcrowding, no or restricted access to potable water
overcrowding, lack of or insufficient natural light, inadequate temperature, no handrails
overcrowding, no or restricted access to potable water, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of fresh air, lack or inadequate furniture, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, inadequate temperature, no or restricted access to toilet
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
12522/19
05/02/2019
Shamil Ali ogly MAMEDOV
1966
train, van
03/12/2018 to
04/12/2018
van, train
23/03/2020 to
24/03/2020
van, train
23/05/2020 to
23/05/2020
0.3 m²
overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of or insufficient electric light, no or restricted access to running water, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of privacy for toilet
bunk beds, inadequate temperature, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of fresh air, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to toilet, overcrowding, passive smoking
bunk beds, inadequate temperature, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of fresh air, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to toilet, passive smoking, overcrowding
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport,
Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention after conviction – in IK-1 Komi Republic, from 15/09/2011, pending as of 16/09/2022, 1.4 sq. m of personal space, 52 inmates, lack of fresh air, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to shower
13,500
12935/19
28/01/2019
Viktor Vladimirovich MISHARIN
1990
train, van
23/11/2018 to
24/11/2018
van, train
03/02/2019 to
29/03/2019
0.3 m²
0.4 m²
overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or insufficient natural light, no or restricted access to running water, lack of fresh air
overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to running water, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of fresh air, passive smoking
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
14589/19
04/03/2019
Anton Valeryevich LEVASHOV
1989
van, (transport to and from work on numerous occasions)
since 04/10/2018 and
pending on the date when the application was lodged with the Court
overcrowding, inadequate temperature
1,000
14993/19
18/02/2019
Aleksandr Alekseyevich POCHTAREV
1994
train, van
18/09/2018 to
04/10/2018
0.5 m²
overcrowding, inadequate temperature, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of seat belts, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport,
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms – in the court hearings before the Ukhta Town Court, Kolpinskiy District Court of St Petersburg (by way of videoconference from the detention facility) between 26/04/2018 and 23/08/2021.
8,500
17382/19
16/03/2019
Dmitriy Igorevich RADNEV
1986
van, transit cell, train
17/09/2018 to
24/12/2018
0.3-0.4 m²
overcrowding, restricted access to food, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, applicant transported on numerous occasions, lack of fresh air, inadequate temperature
1,000
25960/19
30/04/2019
Andrey Igorevich ARTEMYEV
1986
train, van
21/07/2017 to
18/11/2018
0.16 m²
lack of or insufficient electric light, overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of hot food, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, inadequate temperature, numerous occasions of transport, no or restricted access to toilet, passive smoking
1,000
40231/19
10/07/2019
Aleksandr Grigoryevich SHEVCHUK
1990
train
16/01/2019 to
17/01/2019
0.3 m²
overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places
1,000
41170/19
16/07/2019
Aleksandr Vladimirovich GERASIMOV
1971
train, van, transit cell
26/04/2019 to
16/05/2019
van, train
12/07/2019 to
12/07/2019
van
25/07/2019 to
25/07/2019
van
14/07/2020 to
14/07/2020
0.5 m²
0.4 m²
lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient electric light, insufficient number of sleeping places, overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of or insufficient natural light
lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient electric light, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of or insufficient natural light, no or restricted access to toilet, lack or insufficient quantity of food, no or restricted access to potable water, overcrowding
lack of fresh air, inadequate temperature, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet
overcrowding, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of fresh air
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport,
Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention after conviction – in IK-9 Kirov Region, from 13/06/2014 to 12/07/2019, 2 sq. m, inadequate temperature, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack or insufficient quantity of food, no or restricted access to shower, overcrowding
6,000
64600/19
20/03/2020
Ayraz Talgatovich GAYSIN
1978
train (Yekaterinburg - Tavda)
24/09/2019 to
25/09/2019
overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, insufficient number of sleeping places, constant electric light, lack or insufficient quantity of food
1,000
1232/20
11/06/2020
Anton Vladimirovich STEFANOVICH
1991
van, numerous occasions of transport between the detention facilities and the courthouse
between 04/09/2019 and
25/12/2019
inadequate temperature, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient electric light, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - placement in a metal cage in the hearings before the Vorkuta Town Court of the Komi Republic in the proceedings between 04/09/2019 and 25/12/2019
8,500
1437/20
24/03/2020
Viktor Viktorovich BOBKIN
1973
van, numerous occasions of transport between the detention facilities and the courthouse
since 07/09/2017
and pending on the date when the application was lodged with the Court
0.3 m²
lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to toilet, overcrowding, no or restricted access to potable water
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
2504/20
04/02/2020
Andrey Nikolayevich KOLOMEYTSEV
1982
van, train
03/10/2019 to
04/10/2019
van, train
17/11/2019 to
17/11/2019
0.4 m²
0.4 m²
overcrowding, lack of fresh air
overcrowding, lack of fresh air
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
2964/20
10/12/2019
Mikhail Viktorovich NOVIKOV
1986
van, train
26/07/2019 to
26/07/2019
0.2 m²
overcrowding, lack of fresh air, passive smoking, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to potable water
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
3120/20
18/12/2019
Kirill Yuryevich KOSAREV
1982
train, van
30/07/2019 to
30/07/2019
overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, insufficient number of sleeping places
1,000
3426/20
21/12/2019
Ruslan Ilshatovich MUKHAMETSHIN
1997
van
26/11/2016 to
11/10/2019
0.25 m²
applicant transported on numerous occasions, overcrowding, lack of fresh air, passive smoking, inadequate temperature, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of or insufficient electric light
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport,
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms – the applicant was placed in a metal cage during detention and trial hearings held in the courtroom of the Naberezhnye Chelny Town Court between 08/12/2016 and 04/12/2019.
8,500
4462/20
27/12/2019
Maksim Valeryevich PODOBREY
1987
train, transit cell, van, numerous occasions of transport between the detention facility and the courthouse
02/09/2015 to
15/04/2020
0.3 m²
inadequate temperature, overcrowding, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to toilet, poor quality of food
1,000
5757/20
16/01/2020
Ruslan Aleksandrovich GARIN
1979
van
11/10/2019 to
11/10/2019
van
01/04/2020 to
08/05/2020
lack of belts and handles, overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of fresh air, passive smoking, transport for two and a half hours, 8 inmates per compartment, transfer lasted 2 hours 24 minutes
overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of fresh air, passive smoking, transfers lasted
1.5 to 2.5 hours
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
5889/20
12/05/2020
Aleksandr Viktorovich KAPORSKIY
1991
van
07/11/2019 to
16/04/2020
0.3 m²
applicant transported on numerous occasions, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of fresh air, lack of safety belts and handles, no or restricted access to toilet
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
6105/20
14/05/2020
Anatoliy Rinatovich TOKHTABAYEV
1979
van, train, numerous occasions of transport between the detention facilities
11/10/2019 to
09/03/2020
0.3 m²
overcrowding, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of fresh air, inadequate temperature, insufficient number of sleeping places, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to potable water, passive smoking
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
6109/20
08/04/2020
Aleksandr Yevgrafovich KOPOSOV
1973
van, train
05/11/2019 to
17/12/2019
0.4 m²
travelling in a van in a bent position, lack of fresh air, inadequate temperature, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of or insufficient natural light, poor quality of potable water, passive smoking, no or restricted access to toilet
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
6283/20
21/01/2020
Oleg Ivanovich FISUN
1982
Single occupancy compartment, van, numerous occasions of transport to take part in investigative actions or court hearings
29/10/2018 to
27/09/2019
0.12 m²
overcrowding
Art. 8 (1) - lack of practical opportunities for or restriction on prison visits - inability to have a family visit, particularly a long-term visit, during detention in the pre-trial facility, at least until 27/09/2019
4,500
8580/20
01/02/2020
Aleksandr Anatolyevich KITBALYAN
1963
van
05/08/2019 to
28/01/2020
lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to toilet
Art. 8 (1) - lack of practical opportunities for or restriction on prison visits – from 21/01/2019 to 08/06/2020 the applicant did not have long-term visits from his wife, as they are not provided for by the law, and could not make phone calls to her,
Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention - detention in IZ-2 Moscow from 28/06/2019 to 08/06/2020; 2.4 sq. m of personal space, the applicant detained with 4 inmates in a cell measuring 10 sq. m.
5,000
9587/20
03/02/2020
Emir Alikovich SHAMUGIYA
1986
train, van
15/12/2019 to
23/12/2019
applicant transported on numerous occasions, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient electric light, overcrowding, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport and in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities,
Art. 8 (1) - permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities - at IK-25 Komi Republic by female guards from 05/02/2019 to 16/12/2019 and from 23/12/2019 to 07/02/2020,
Prot. 1 Art. 3 - ineligibility to vote in or stand for elections - the applicant is a convicted prisoner in IK-25 Komi Republic debarred from voting during the elections in the State Duma on 19/09/2021. He complained about his disenfranchisement. His request to FSIN about setting up a polling station in the colony was dismissed.
1,000
11976/20
07/02/2020
Maksim Sergeyevich RYABOV
1988
van, train
16/08/2019 to
30/12/2019
0.4 m²
overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of fresh air
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport and permanent video surveillance in detention facilities,
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - placement in a metal cage in court hearings in the Vorkuta Town Court of the Komi Republic on several occasions between 24/10/2019 and 30/12/2019,
Art. 8 (1) - permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities - detention in different cells with video surveillance by opposite-sex operators at IK-31 Komi Republic between 17/11/2020 and 28/12/2021.
8,500
26705/20
05/06/2020
Karamatullo Nazarmamadovich SHASHAYEV
1982
train
18/02/2020 to
20/02/2020
van
29/02/2020 to
29/02/2020
0.25 m²
insufficient number of sleeping places, overcrowding
overcrowding, lack of fresh air
Art. 8 (1) - permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities - at IK-5 in the Krasnoyarsk Region between 02/09/2010 and 25/05/2021 by opposite-sex operators, video surveillance in a lavatory and/or shower room.
1,000
28927/20
22/06/2020
Nikolay Viktorovich YEMELIN
1984
train
19/03/2020 to
10/04/2020
applicant transported on numerous occasions, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient electric light, insufficient number of sleeping places
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport,
in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities and lack of any effective remedy in respect of the prisoners’ voting rights,
Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention after conviction - detention in IK-25 Komi Republic since 15/01/2016, pending as of 16/09/2022, 1.5 sq. m of personal space; lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient electric light, inadequate temperature, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to warm water, lack of privacy for toilet,
Art. 8 (1) - permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities – in IK-25 Komi republic, since 15/01/2016, pending as of 16/09/2022,
Prot. 1 Art. 3 - ineligibility to vote in or stand for elections - The applicant is a convicted prisoner in IK-25 Komi Republic debarred from voting during the elections in the State Duma on 19/09/2021. He complained about his disenfranchisement. His request to FSIN about setting up a polling station in the colony was dismissed.
13,000
41554/20
26/08/2020
Nikolay Vasilyevich SAGITOV
1993
van, train
13/03/2020 to
14/03/2020
0.49 m²
overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient electric light, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of privacy for toilet
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport and in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities,
Art. 8 (1) - permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities - at IK-25 Komi Republic; 14/08/2017 - and on-going on the date when the application was lodged with the Court; detention in different cells with video surveillance, opposite-sex operators.
1,000
45646/20
08/12/2020
Aleksey Vladimirovich KISELEV
1979
train, van
04/08/2020 to
21/11/2020
< 0.4 m²
overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack or insufficient quantity of food, poor quality of food, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of privacy for toilet
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport;
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - placement in a metal cage in court hearings in the Usinsk Town Court of the Komi Republic from 07/08/2020 to 24/02/2021
8,500
16777/21
14/03/2021
Anna Petrovna KARPUKHINA
1992
van, transit cell
05/02/2019 to
17/09/2020
applicant transported on numerous occasions, inadequate temperature, lack of fresh air, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to toilet, passive smoking, poor quality of food, transfers lasted 6 to 9 hours, the applicant was transported in a single occupancy compartment
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
28813/21
06/05/2021
Vasiliy Aleksandrovich YAGODNIKOV
1981
train
26/04/2021 to
27/04/2021
train
03/05/2021 to
04/05/2021
0.5 m²
0.34 m²
overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to potable water, poor quality of food, lack of fresh air, the transfer lasted 8 hours
overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to warm water, lack of fresh air
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport,
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - Ezhvinskiy District Court of Syktyvkar between 30/12/2020 and 02/03/2021; Velikoustyugskiy District Court of Vologda Region between 21/05/2021 and 22/05/2021.
8,500
48520/21
18/10/2021
Aleksandr Ivanovich PANCHENKO
1979
train
23/04/2021 to
24/04/2021
train
10/10/2021 to
09/02/2022
0.5 m²
0.4 m²
overcrowding, lack of fresh air, passive smoking, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or insufficient quantity of food, lack or inadequate furniture, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet,
12 hours’ transfer from temporary detention ward to a remand prison, 10 inmates per compartment
overcrowding, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient quantity of food, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, insufficient number of sleeping places
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport,
Art. 5 (3) - excessive length of pre-trial detention - the applicant was placed in pre-trial detention on 16/04/2021 ; the detention was pending on the date when the application was lodged with the Court, courts dealing with the detention matters: Pechora Town Court of the Komi Republic; Supreme Court of the Komi Republic, fragility and repetitiveness of the reasoning employed by the courts as the case progressed; failure to examine the possibility, as the case progressed, of applying other measures to secure attendance at the trial.
2,600
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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