On March 27, the European Court of Human Rights reported the communication of 37 complaints from Russians who had suffered torture and other types of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. 14 complaints were filed by residents of the regions of southern Russia and the North Caucasus.
Communication means that the ECHR has begun to consider the complaint and notified the authorities of the Russian Federation about this, explains the “Team Against Torture”, which prepared part of these complaints, on its website. Russia, in turn, can ignore the questions of the ECHR, but the court will, in any case, study the case materials and render its verdict.
Among the applicants whose complaints will be considered by the European Court in the near future are the Chechen oppositionist, the author of the 1ADAT channel Ibragim Yangulbaev, included by Rosfinmonitoring in the register of extremists and terrorists, Grozny theater actor Timur Debishev, the family of activist Aslan Iritov from Nalchik, Denis Karimov from Karachaevo Circassia, pensioner Klavdiya Kushnikova from the Krasnodar Territory and others.
On June 11 last year, President Vladimir Putin signed a bill adopted by the State Duma stating that ECHR decisions made after March 15, 2022 will not be implemented in Russia.
Nevertheless, human rights activists continue to appeal to the European Court in the hope that sooner or later Russia will again assume obligations under the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and will implement the decisions of the ECHR.