Published on 27 March 2023
FIFTH SECTION
Application no. 48796/18
Andrey Aleksandrovich SAFRONOV against Russia
and 14 other applications
(see list appended)
PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the applications on 2 March 2023, the Court decided, under Rule 54 § 2 (b) of the Rules of Court, that notice of the applications should be given to the Government of Russia.
In the applications marked by an asterisk, other complaints were raised. This part of the applications has been struck out of the Court’s list of cases or declared inadmissible by the Court, sitting in a single-judge formation, assisted by a rapporteur as provided for in Article 24 § 2 of the Convention.
In the enclosed list of applications, whenever an applicant is referred to using initials, this indicates that the Court has authorised anonymity for that person, whose identity will not be disclosed to the public (Rule 47 § 4).
For further information on the procedure following communication of an application brought against Russia, subject of well-established case law of the Court, please refer to the Court’s website.
SUBJECT MATTER
The applications concern the complaints raised under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention under strict imprisonment regime subject of well-established case law of the Court (see N.T. v. Russia, no. 14727/11, 2 June 2020).
APPENDIX – STATEMENT OF FACTS
List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention
(inadequate conditions of detention under strict imprisonment regime)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Facility
Start and end date of detention under strict regime
Other complaints under
well-established case-law
48796/18*
26/09/2018
Andrey Aleksandrovich SAFRONOV
1974
IK-5 Vologda Region
01/08/2017 - pending (14/03/2026)
8011/19*
14/01/2019
Aleksey Gennadyevich BERDUTO
1966
IK-56 Sverdlovsk Region,
IK-6 Khabarovsk Region
06/12/2013 - pending
20545/19*
27/03/2019
Roman Leonidovich CHERNYSHEV
1988
IK-6 Khabarovsk Region
01/04/2018 - pending
21973/19
02/04/2019
Roman Mikhaylovich SHASHKOV
1963
IZ-6
St Petersburg
28/11/2017 - 11/09/2019
Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport – transport between 24/01/22 and 03/02/22 by train and van - duration of transport in a van is about 2 hours each time; applicant transported on numerous occasions, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light, inadequate temperature, passive smoking, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to warm water, no or restricted access to potable water, no more than 2 sq. m. personal space in a train, no more than 0,3 sq. m. personal space in a van.
61210/19*
27/04/2018
Vladislav Viktorovich TAMAMSHEV
1989
IK-18 Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region;
SIZO-1
Kirov Region;
SIZO-1 Sverdlovsk Region;
SIZO-1
Irkutsk Region;
SIZO-1 Khabarovsk Region
06/05/2012 - pending
Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - poor conditions of the applicant’s transport by train between 17/10/2020 and 20/10/2020; between 15/11/2020 and 16/11/2020; between 18/11/2020 and 12/12/2020: personal space from 0.5 to 0.9 sq. m.
Specific grievances: lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, no or restricted access to toilet, overcrowding, lack of privacy for toilet; applicant transported on numerous occasions;
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport and in respect of placement in a metal cage;
Art. 8 (1) - permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities: the applicant complains about permanent video surveillance in remand prisons (SIZO) where he was placed between 20/10/2020 and 17/12/2020. Specific grievances: opposite-sex operators, detention in different cells with video surveillance;
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - 25/02/2021 to 13/05/2021. Moscow City Court, Kirovskiy District Court of Irkutsk, Pervomayskiy Districk Court of Kirov, Amursk Town Court of Khabarovsk Region, Kirovskiy District Court of Khabarovsk, Kuybyshevskiy Districk Court of Irkutsk.
61240/19*
21/10/2019
Vitaliy Yuryevich VIKHAREV
1983
IK-6 Khabarovsk Region
05/04/2018 - pending
62867/19*
19/11/2019
Sergey Mikhaylovich SHIROKOV
1969
IK-6 Orenburg Region
14/03/2001 - 14/08/2019
26567/20*
01/06/2020
Anton Sergeyevich MALYUTIN
1987
IK-5 Vologda Region
IK-6 Khabarovsk Region
10/11/2016 - 22/10/2018
09/12/2018 - pending
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - 20/09/2021, Belozerskiy District Court of the Volgograd Region;
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
26571/20*
26/03/2020
Denis Konstantinovich MIKHAYLOV
1992
IK-5 Vologda Region
IK-6 Khabarovsk Region
28/04/2014 - 22/10/2018
09/12/2018 - pending (presumably until 27/04/2024)
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - Supreme Court of the Republic of Buryatia, Zheleznodorozhnyy District Court of Ulan-Ude, Khabarovsk Regional Court, 10/02/2021 - 08/07/2021;
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
31132/20*
26/06/2020
Sergey Vyacheslavovich LOYEV
1972
IK-6 Khabarovsk Region
17/01/2013 - pending
49194/20*
26/06/2020
Vladimir Viktorovich MENKOV
1982
IK-6 Khabarovsk Region
04/11/2010 - pending
1889/21*
18/12/2020
Stanislav Sergeyevich MURASHEV
1983
IK-2 Perm Region
05/05/2016 - pending
20963/21*
14/01/2021
Igor Vladimirovich ZHILENKOV
1987
IK-6 Orenburg Region
22/07/2013 - pending
22965/21*
23/08/2021
Vitaliy Vladimirovich SHASTUN
1979
IK-6 Khabarovsk Region
26/05/2018 –
pending
43712/21*
16/08/2021
Oleg Nikolayevich SYSLOV
1979
IK-56 Sverdlovsk Region,
IK-6 Khabarovsk Region
04/09/2011 - 04/09/2021