CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 14 mai 2018

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border-top-width:0.75pt; border-right-style:solid; border-right-width:0.75pt; padding-right:3.12pt; padding-left:3.5pt; vertical-align:top } .sBBE1B284 { border-right-style:solid; border-right-width:0.75pt; padding-right:3.12pt; padding-left:3.5pt; vertical-align:top } .s3BE03F24 { padding-right:3.12pt; padding-left:3.5pt; vertical-align:top }   Communicated on 14 May 2018   THIRD SECTION Application no. 58144/08 Sergey Valeryevich YEZHKOV against Russia and 6 others applications (see list appended) STATEMENT OF FACTS The applicants complained under Article 3 of the Convention that they had been subjected to ill-treatment by State officials and that the State failed to conduct an effective domestic investigation into those incidents. All of the applicants submitted that their attempts to initiate criminal investigation in connection with the incidents proved futile.   The relevant details regarding the applicants’ allegations and their version of factual circumstances are reflected in the attached appendices. The information regarding the alleged breach of the substantive aspect of Article 3 in contained in Appendix no. 1. The reaction of the domestic authorities to the applicants’ complaints is reflected in Appendix no. 2.   The table of cases:   No. Application number Introduction date Name of the applicant(s); date of birth place of residence Represented by 1. 58144/08 26/09/2008 Sergey Valeryevich YEZHKOV 30/10/1971 Saratov   2. 47447/09 10/08/2009 Andrey Anatolyevich LOVYGIN 07/06/1977 Lesnoy   3. 46091/10 17/06/2010 Aleksey Ivanovich FESIK 26/01/1978 Krasnoyarsk   4. 6202/12 23/11/2011 Zoltan Khadzhi-Kishiyevich BAYRAMKULOV 09/07/1967 Sosnovka   5. 59277/13 10/07/2013 Sergey Alekseyevich PUSHNIN 23/10/1967 Pokrov   6. 56860/15 30/10/2015 Rafael Nakipovich ZARIPOV 19/12/1983 Chistopol Radik Zhaudatovich GALIMOV 7. 24719/17 14/02/2017 Viktor Viktorovich ONIPENKO 05/11/1992 Astrakhan   Viktor Ivanovich ONIPENKO 06/01/1959 Astrakhan Aleksandr Anatolyevich ANOKHIN QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES 1.     Having regard to the injuries found on the applicants after the time spent by them in State custody, have the applicants been subjected to torture, or inhuman or degrading treatment, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention (see, among other authorities, Razzakov v. Russia , no.   57519/09, 5   February 2015; Gorshchuk v. Russia , no. 31316/09, 6   October 2015; Turbylev v.   Russia , no.   4722/09, 6   October 2015; Fartushin v. Russia , no.   38887/09, 8   October 2015; Aleksandr Andreyev v. Russia , no.   2281/06, 23   February 2016; and Leonid Petrov v. Russia , no. 52783/08, 11   October 2016)?   2.     Have the authorities discharged their burden of proof by providing a plausible or satisfactory and convincing explanation of how the applicants’ injuries were caused (see Selmouni , cited above, § 87, and Salman v. Turkey [GC], no.   21986/93, §   100, ECHR 2000 ‑ VII and Bouyid v. Belgium [GC], no.   23380/09, §   83 and further, ECHR 2015)?   3.     Did the authorities carry out an effective investigation, in compliance with the procedural obligation under Article 3 of the Convention (see   Lyapin v.   Russia , no.   46956/09, §§   125-40, 24 July 2014), having regard to:   (a)     the investigating authorities’ refusals to open criminal cases and investigate the applicants’ allegations of ill-treatment by the State officials, and the overruling of those refusals as unlawful and unsubstantiated by higher investigative authorities or courts, and   (b)     the investigating authorities’ inability to implement full investigative measures within the framework of the pre-investigation inquiries, before and/or after amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure introduced by Federal Law no. 23-FZ of 4 March 2013, for example, confrontations, identification parades, searches, and so forth?     No   Application No. and Title   APPENDIX No. 1 Article 3 - Substantive aspect ARREST ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT EVIDENCE Date/ Time Facts Region town street Entity Date Time Location Alleged Facts Perpetrator(s) Date Doc Type Authority Description of Injuries 1. 58144/08 Yezhkov v.   Russia 05/07/2006 at 17:30 Arrested on charges of robbery, arrest registered only on 06/07/2006 Saratov Region, town of Engels, prospekt Stroite-ley UBOP department of the Engels Department of the Interior During arrest, 05/07/2006, at 17:30 Saratov region, Engels, prospekt Stroiteley blows on the applicant’s head and body, use of handcuffs 6 police officers (UBOP KM GUVD) 13/07/2006 Expert statement Forensic Bureau of Saratov region Bruises on the left shoulder, right chelidon, right forearm and right wrist. During detention, 05/07/2006 - 06/07/2006, at 02:00 Saratov Police Department (UBOP KM GUVD) blows on head and body, torture with electric current, walking on his back, threats Police officers (UBOP KM GUVD) 23/10/2006 Medical Certificate City Clinical Hospital No 1 Consequences of cerebrocranial traumas with brain contusion. Asymmetric hydrocephaly. Neuritis of the right middle nerve. 2. 47447/09 Lovygin v.   Russia 26/07/2008 Arrested under suspicion of involvement in drug-trafficking Yoshkar-Ola Police During the detention FBU IZ-12/1 Beating on the applicant’s head with a plastic bottle, tying him up to a chair, pricking a red-hot needle into his eyes 3 cell-mates allegedly on orders of investigating policemen 25/08/2009 Medical File (extract) Ophtalmological Hospital of Republic of Mariy-El Partly illegible documents. Penetrating wound of the cornea with the fallout of the inner shells. First-degree burn of the cornea. 3. 46091/10 Fesik v. Russia       11/10/2008 Office no. 8 ORCh UR no.1 GUVD of the Krasnoyarsk region (Police Department) Used electricity on the applicant, which caused asphyxia. Beatings on the head, stomach and face. Police agents 17/10/2008 Expert examination No. 8757 Krasnoyarsk Regional Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination Abrasions on face, chest, left arm, extravasation on right arm caused by a blunt object within 3-5 days from the examination. Abrasions of the spine and forehead. 4. 6202/12 Bayramkulov v. Russia             01/11/2010 Centre for Combatting Extremism Of Karachayevo Cherkessiya   Used electricity on the applicant Police agents 02/11/2010 Reference to Record in Remand centre Register in Prosecutor’s Decision to quash the refusal to open criminal investigation (from 19/07/2013) Remand centre (IVS) Abrasions on both hands and a wound on the temple. 23/03/2011 Investigator’s office of Karachayevo Cherkessiya Used electricity on the applicant Police agents 20/10/2011 Refusal to open a a criminal investigation Investigation Committee Headache, hematoma on the left side of face, bump. 5.   59277/13 Pushnin v. Russia             24/02/2009 20:00-06:00   25/02/2009 19:00-22:00   26/02/2009 18:00-19:00 Police station of the Sovetskiy District of Krasnoyarsk Used electricity on the applicant (with focus on genitals). Beatings with hands and legs. Smashed the applicant’s head with a pistol, causing dissection of the frontal part of the head. 6 police agents of th Sovetskiy District ROVD of Krasnoyarsk 25/02/2009           26/02/2009 Medical expert examination N1641     Medical certificate N1067 Krasnoyarsk Regional Bureau of forensic medical examination   Krasnoyarsk Municipal Hospital Bruises on the right arm, caused by blunt solid object approximately a day before the examination.     Contused wound of forehead. 27/08/2009 Temporary Detention Ward in the Police Station (IVS) The applicant was subjected to suffocation, heavy pressure was put on his right eye. With hands cuffed behind his back, the applicant was suspended on his arms, feet above the floor. IVS staff 27/08/2009           27/08/2009       27/08/2009 Medical expert examination N7655       Medical certificate N31     Medical certificate N20 Krasnoyarsk Regional Bureau of forensic medical examination   Regional Ophtalmologic Hospital   Municipal Hospital N7 Bruises and abrasions on the face, body, the right arm resulting from events which took place approximately a day before the examination.   Contusion of right eye, hematoma of eye-lids.     Fracture of the 7th rib. 6. 56860/15 Zaripov v. Russia       07/12/2013 UMVD of Nizhnekam-skiy District of Tatarstan, Tatarstan (Police department) Used electricity on the applicant: sensitive areas like abdominal zone, bladder, genitals. The applicant was suspended on the crossbar with his arms handcuffed behind, with his head pressed to his feet. The perpetrators were wearing masks, the applicant was forcibly put on a hat. The perpetrators forced him to confess, threatened with torturing his mother and wife. Police agents Sa. and Ga. 08/12/2013             17/04/2014 Ambulace record No. 64           Medical expert examination Ambulance brigade           Izhevsk Medical Academy Pain all over the body, especially in limbs, kidneys and abdomen; vomiting, light bruises on tissues, bruise of the 11th spinous process, bruise of left kidney.   Polyneuropathy of the perineal and tibial nerves, caused by mechanical compression, situationally possible in conditions of suspension of the body symmetrically at the level of the knee joints. 7. 24719/17 Onipenko and Onipenko v.   Russia 25/09/2015 around 10:00   The applicants were arrested on suspicion of murder. After the confession of the first applicant, the second applicant was released Territory of dacha commu-nity "Stroitel" Police Department of the Povolzhsk District of the Astrakhan Region 25/09/2015 The police Dept. of the Povolzhsk District of the Astrakhan Region The police officers repeatedly beat two applicants with their fists on the forehead, with their feet on the bodies. They applied a stun gun to the wet head and ears. They put plastic package on the head. The first applicant confessed and the second applicant was released. Police officers First applicant 26/09/2015                       Second applicant 28/09/2015 the forensic report no. 2682;                       the forensic report no. 1549 Forensic expertise office of Astrakhan, 10 street of F. Engels Bruises of body, upper limbs abrasion to body which appeared 1-3 days prior to 26/09/2015 because of the impact of blunt object; abrasion of the hips on the right which appeared 4-6 days ago because of the impact of blunt object. The applicant initially stated that abrasions were received at the dacha during cooking.   Bruises of the head, body, left lower limb, abrasion to neck, body, haemorrhage of the left eye     No Application No. and Title APPENDIX No. 2 Article 3 - Procedural aspect DOMESTIC COMPLAINT AND THE GOVERNMENT REACTION Date of Complaint Authority Type of Reaction Date(s) Procedural Outcome 1. 58144/08 Yezhkov v.   Russia 26/09/2006 Prosecutor’s office of the Saratov region Consistently refused 05/10/2006 Refusal to open the criminal investigation was contested by the applicant on 12/05/2008. The first instance court refused the admission of his complaint on 16/05/2008, as confirmed on 29/07/2008 (appeal). 2. 47447/09 Lovygin v.   Russia 19/11/2011 Yoshkar-Ola City Court/Supreme Court of Republic Mariy El Consistently refused 11/01/2012 After several court’s decisions to refuse/to grant the applicant’s claim under Article 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the last Cassation Court dismissed the applicant’s claim. First complaint under Article 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code to the Court: no reply from Investigation Committee and Public Prosecutor in respect of the crime against the applicant (torture). Apparently the applicant did not receive in time 3 existing refusals (documents received only after his complaint to the court). 10/05/12 Cassation Appeal Supreme Court of Mariy-El Republic dismissed the civil claim for non-pecuniary damages. 04/04/2010 Public Prosecutor Office of Yoshkar Ola Consistently refused   Refusals due to the "absence of event", though the event is duly documented. 3. 46091/10 Fesik v. Russia 11/10/2008 Investigation Comittee of Krasnoyarsk Consistently refused 27/10/2008 24/04/2009 07/12/2009 18/01/2010 Emelyanovskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk on 30/05/10 refused to accept the applicant’s complaint under Article 125 for examination. Zheleznodorozhnyi District Court of Krasnoyarsk on 11/02/11 refused to examine the applicant’s complaint under Article 125 for examination; on 29/03/11 Cassation Appeal Krasnoyarsk Regional Court supported the last decision. No examination of the applicant’s complaint in substance by the court. The complaint was also raised at the applicant’s trial and on appeal (19/04/16, Krasnoyarsk Regional Court). 4. 6202/12 Bayramkulov v. Russia unclear Investigation Committee of the Karachay-Cherkessk Republic   Various local courts     Investigation Committee (see above)   Various local courts     Investigation Committee   Various local courts Consistently refused 20/10/2011     29/06/2012, 28/08/2012;     08/04/2013   23/05/2013, 09/07/2013     14/08/2014   15/09/2014, 29/12/2014 Refusal to open criminal investigation.     Complaint under Article 125 dismissed (Cherkesskiy District Court, Cassation Appeal Supreme Court of Karachay Cherkessk Republic).   Refusal to open criminal investigation.   Complaint under Article 125 dismissed (Cherkesskiy District Court, Cassation Appeal Supreme Court of K.Ch.R.).   Refusal to open criminal investigation; .   Ust-Dzhegutinskiy District Court, Cassation Appeal Supreme Court of K.Ch.R. . 10/10/2011 Investigation Committee the Karachay-Cherkessk Republic Consistently refused 20/11/2011 Refusal to open criminal investigation No forensic examination appointed. No documents provided in respect of appeal against the refusal. 5. 59277/13 Pushnin v. Russia   24/08/2009 Tsentralny District Court (on detention prolongation) of Krasnoyarsk Consistently refused 01/10/2009 After the preliminary investigation the investigator refused to initiate criminal investigation (on the issues raised by the applicant in the court). 31/08/2009 Public Prosecutor’s office of Krasnoyarsk Consistently refused 25/02/2010 09/01/2013 16/08/2013 Refusals to initiate criminal investigation. On 18/09/2009 the applicant was threatened with death by the alleged perpetrators, so he was forced to withdraw his complaint made in court. 6. 56860/15 Zaripov v. Russia 09/12/2013 Public prosecutor’s office of Nizhnekamsk District of Tarastan   Various local courts (latest decision of the Supreme Court of Russia) Consistently refused 07/01/2014     12/08/2015 Refusal to initiate criminal investigation.     Upheld in courts 7. 24719/17 Onipenko and Onipenko v.   Russia 25/09/2015 (under Article 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code from the first applicant), 11/11/2016 (under Article 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code) The Investigation Division of the Investigation Committee of the Astrakhan Region Consistently refused 17/10/ 2015; 17/06/2016; 12/07/2016; 11/08/2016; 01/09/2016; 21/09/2016; 03/10/2016; 18/11/2016 On 17/10/2015 - Refusal to institute criminal proceedings by an investigator. After that on 9/06/2016, 27/06/2016, 15/07/2016, 26/08/2016, 5/09/2016, 25/09/2016, 10/10/ 2016 - Refusals.   On 18/11/2016 -Refusal under Article 125 - Privolzhskiy District Court of the Astrakhan Region, upheld on 12/01/2017 Astrakhan Regional Court. The first applicant’s conviction - on 30/09/2016 the Leninskiy District Court of Astrakhan upheld on appeal on 08/12/2016