Communicated on 30 August 2016
THIRD SECTION
Application no. 48136/15
Roman Dmitriyevich TRUBNIKOV against Russia
and 4 other applications
(see list appended)
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASES
The applications are cases from Russian inmates concerning the quality of their medical treatment in detention (akin to Reshetnyak v. Russia, no. 56027/10, 8 January 2013; Koryak v. Russia, no. 24677/10, 13 November 2012 and many others). For additional details see Appendix.
One of the applicants (case no. 48136/15) raised an additional complaint related to inadequate conditions of detention under Article 3 of the Convention akin to Ananyev and Others v. Russia, nos. 42525/07 and 60800/08, 10 January 2012.
COMMON QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES
1. The Government are requested to produce a typed copy of the applicants’ complete medical records drawn up after their arrest, and, if available, copies of expert reports and secondary opinions from medical specialists assessing the applicants’ health, the quality of the treatment afforded to them during the detention and laying down medical procedures which should have been or should be performed to maintain their health.
2. Taking into account the applicants’ medical history, have the authorities met their obligation to ensure that that their health and well-being are being adequately secured by, among other things, providing them with the requisite medical assistance (see McGlinchey and Others v. the United Kingdom, no. 50390/99, § 46, ECHR 2003-V), as required by Article 3 of the Convention, in the present case?
QUESTIONS in respect of individual applications
Application no. 48136/15 Trubnikov v. Russia
Did the material conditions of the applicant’s detention, in particular the personal space available in the cell and the sanitary conditions, amount to inhuman or degrading treatment in breach of Article 3 of the Convention (Ananyev and Others v. Russia, nos. 42525/07 and 60800/08, 10 January 2012)?
APPENDIX
No.
App. No.
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Diagnosis/illnesses complained about
Major flaws in the medical treatment complained about
Place and period of detention
48136/15
12/11/2015
Roman Dmitriyevich TRUBNIKOV
01/09/1991
Tumor of the inguinal region, headaches etc.
Intolerance to prescribed drugs; medical treatment refused; no medical tests performed
IZ-47/1 St Petersburg
20 June 2014-pending
53122/15
11/11/2015
Valeriy Petrovich POCHKAYENKO
10/07/1957
Bechterew’s disease, end-stage, first-degree disability; atherosclerosis, ischemic illness, etc.
No treatment provided,
no medical specialists,
no painkillers
SIZO-1 Amur Region,
September 2013 – August 2015;
Colony no. 7 Zabaykalsk Region,
August 2015 – pending
1484/16
29/12/2015
Aleksandr Sergeyevich IZYUROV
07/06/1956
Kidney cancer (IV stage), spreading;
first degree disability
No adequate and timely diagnostic tests and medical treatment; painkillers prescribed are ineffective
IK-24 Azanka Sverdlovsk Region
30 June 2009 – pending
10903/16
11/02/2016
Anna Olegovna VOROBYEVA
12/08/1983
Tuberculosis, anemia, heart failure, cachexia, gastritis; second-degree disability.
No adequate treatment of tuberculosis; intolerance to prescribed drugs
IZ-1 Kurgan;
LIU-3 Kurgan
27 September 2015 – pending
16504/16
20/02/2016
Aleksey Viktorovich KUKHARCHUK
13/12/1981
Growing liver lumps (apparently echinococcosis) developed while in detention.
Prescribed drugs not given; no assistance provided to get on the waiting list for liver transplant
IZ-5, Kansk,
16 April 2006 to February 2008;
IK-16, Gromadsk,
February 2008 to June 2009;
KTB-1, Krasnoyarsk,
June to November 2009;
LIU-32, Minusinsk,
November 2009 to March 2011;
KTB-1, Krasnoyarsk,
March 2011 to June 2011;
LIU-35, Startsevo,
June 2011 to September 2014;
IK-17, Krasnoyarsk,
September 2014 and pending.
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