Cases 81 - 100 of 766

Dashuyeva Eliza v. Russia, (5725/11)

Judgement date: 19/05/2020
Communicated: 07/09/2018
Lodged: 22/12/2010
Date of violations: 14/10/2006
Location: Chechnya, Prigorodnoye village
Representative: No representative
Violation: Right to life

The present case regards the deaths of the applicant’s brother and mother. On 17 November 2005 the applicant’s brother, Mr Zelimkhan Dashuyev, was abducted from his house in the Prigorodnoye village, in the Grozny district by a group of State servicemen in camouflage uniforms. The next day his body, bearing the traces of a violent death, was found in the vicinity of the Chechen-Aul village in the Grozny district. Even though, the criminal case was opened, it was suspended on several occasions and there was no progress in the investigation. On 14 October 2006 an unidentified person opened fire in the street, in the vicinity of the house of the applicant’s mother (Ms Ayupova). As a result, she received a gunshot wound to the chest and died instantly. The investigation was suspended on several occasions. The applicant complains under Article 2 of the Convention that her brother and then her mother had been killed by State agents in 2005 and 2006 respectively and that the authorities failed to carry out an effective investigation into the circumstances of their deaths.

 

Gubasheva and Ferzauli v. Russia, (38433/17)

Judgement date: 05/05/2020
Communicated: 20/11/2017
Lodged: 19/05/2017
Date of violations: 19/08/2014
Location: Ingushetia
Representative: SRJI
Violation: Women Rights

The applicants complain under Article 8 of the Convention about the authorities’ failure to enforce the judgment of 9 February 2015 granting the first applicant a residence order in respect of the second applicant. They further complain under Article 13 of the Convention about the absence of an effective domestic remedy against the alleged violation under Article 8.

 

Magomet Israilov v. Russia, (20436/11)

Judgement date: 28/04/2020
Communicated: 06/03/2013
Lodged: 16/02/2011
Date of violations: 05/04/2002
Location: Chechnya, Sernovodsk
Representative: No representative
Violation: Killing

On 5 April 2002 the applicant’s sister Ms K.G. went from Grozny to Gamurziyevo village in Ingushetia to visit her son in a hospital. She had been travelling by taxi with some other passengers. Around 10 a.m. at the outskirts of Sernovodsk village the taxi went under fire and due to multiple gunshot wounds the taxi driver and all of the passengers died. On 6 April 2002 the Achhoy-Martanovskiy Interdistrict Prosecutor’s Office opened criminal investigation of the event. Despite criticism from supervising prosecutors and the regional court regarding the negligent conduct of the investigation, basic investigative steps were never carried out, and the precise circumstances of death of the applicant's sister were never established.

 

Bakayeva v. Russia, (24776/11)

Judgement date: 28/04/2020
Communicated: 06/03/2013
Lodged: 02/04/2011
Date of violations: 04/01/2001
Location: Chechnya, Grozny
Representative: I. Timishev
Violation: Killing

Until 1999 Ayzat Bakayeva (the applicant) with her family resided in Grozny. After they had become aware that the new military operation to liquidate separatist Chechen government was initiated by the Russian authorities, they fled to Ingushetia. On 4 February 2001 the applicant returned to Grozny to visit her relatives. She discovered that her parents were missing and their house had been looted. Later she was informed that her father Mr B.A. was killed by a Russian sniper and her mother Ms. B.Z. shot and her body was burned by the Russian soldiers in Martan-Chu village. During the investigation the person who had committed this crime could not be indentified.

 

Murdalovy v. Russia, (51933/08)

Judgement date: 31/03/2020
Communicated: 09/01/2018
Lodged: 14/10/2008
Date of violations: 02/01/2001
Location: Chechnya
Representative: SRJI
Violation: Disappearance
Pecuniary damage: 15000 €
Non-pecuniary damage: 80000 €

The applicants complained under Article 2 of the Convention that the State agents had been responsible for their relatives’ abduction and subsequent disappearance and that the authorities had failed to carry out an effective investigation into the matter. Under Article 3 of the Convention, the applicants complained that they had suffered mentally on account of their relatives’ disappearance and their inability to ascertain their faith as well as the authorities’ indifference to their complaints and requests for assistance in elucidating the circumstances of the incidents. Under Article 5 of the Convention, the applicants complained that their relatives’ unlawful detention violated that provision in its entirety and that, in violation of Article 13 of the Convention, they had no effective domestic remedies against the alleged violations of Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention.

 

Tsoroyev v. Russia, (13363/11)

Judgement date: 24/03/2020
Communicated: 06/03/2013
Lodged: 11/01/2011
Date of violations: 07/12/2009
Location: Ingushetia, Ordzhonikidzevskaya
Representative: EHRAC/Memorial
Violation: Killing

On 7 December 2009 security forces and agents of the FSB carried out an operation in the Оrdjonikidzenskaya settlement in Ingushetia. Khasan Tsoroyev (the applicant) and his wife were apprehended and later relased. Khasan Tsoroeyv, against the advice of the local policemen present in the house, entered and saw the corps of his dead son in a bedroom. The applicant was informed that his son was requested to lift the seat of an unfolding couch for inspection, but he pulled an automatic gun from under the couch and shot at the agents of the FSB. He was immediately killed with three defensive shots to the head. The  body of the applicant’s son was taken to a morgue for forensic examination and returned two hours later. In the evening of the same day he was buried by the relatives. An investigation into his killing was initiated but it has not produced any results.

 

Suleymanov and Others v. Russia, (35585/08)

Judgement date: 24/03/2020
Communicated: 23/09/2011
Lodged: 22/07/2008
Date of violations: 03/12/2004
Location: Chechnya
Representative: Others
Violation: Indiscriminate bombing

On 3 December 2004 the first applicant and his wife were away staying at their relatives’. Their three children – the second and third applicants and fourteen-year-old Saydan – remained at home. At about 8.30 p.m. the second applicant heard a helicopter approaching the village and then a bomb exploding in the vicinity of their house. The windows were blown out and the candles went out. The second applicant tried to calm down the third applicant and Saydan who were very frightened. He lit a candle and asked his brother and sister to lie down on the floor. He then ran out to open the door of the cowshed. Immediately after the second applicant returned to the house he heard the helicopter approaching again and a new explosion followed. He lost consciousness. When he regained consciousness his head ached, he was blinded and blood covered his face. He heard the third applicant screaming. He found her by the sound of her voice, pulled her out from the debris and carried her outside. He then returned to the house in search of Saydan. He found his body lying on the floor and carried it outside. The neighbours came to help them. One of them brought the second and third applicants to the doctor at the neighbouring village. They were transported to a hospital in Gudermes and then in Grozny. The third applicant was diagnosed with an open craniocerebral injury, brain contusion, a penetrating head trauma and a trauma of the left eye. She followed a lengthy treatment. In January 2006 she had an ocular prosthesis fitted. The second applicant also had an eye trauma and had to follow lengthy treatment. He is now blind in left eye. The applicants’ house completely burned down.

 

Turpulkhanova and Khasiyeva v. Russia, (53284/13; 22543/15)

Judgement date: 17/03/2020
Communicated: 05/02/2018
Lodged: 29/04/2013
Date of violations: 01/11/2011
Location: Chechnya
Representative: SRJI
Violation: Disappearance
Non-pecuniary damage: 26000 €

In the evening on 31/10/2011 Ms Mezhidova, having returned home from work, received several phone calls. She left her mobile telephone home and gone out to meet someone late in the evening. According to the applicant, her daughter left the house to meet a police officer Mr I.M. from the Shali district police station and gone missing since. According to the witness statements obtained by the investigation, since 2009 Ms Mezhidova had a romantic relationship with Mr I.M. which they kept secret as the officer was afraid of retaliation from her male relatives. On 06/12/2011 the profile of Ms Mezhidova on social network “Odnoklassniki” was accessed and posts were made. According to the applicant, third parties have accessed her missing daughter’s profile.

 

Gasan Baysultanov v. Russia, (56120/13)

Judgement date: 04/02/2020
Communicated: 19/06/2017
Lodged: 24/07/2013
Date of violations: 02/11/2006
Location: Dagestan
Representative: SRJI
Violation: Killing

The applicant complains under Article 2 of the Convention that his pregnant wife, Ms Saniyat Magomedova, was killed during the special operation carried out in their house on 3 November 2006 because of a disproportionate use of lethal force by the police officers involved. He further alleged that the authorities had failed to conduct an effective investigation into the killing. The applicant also complains, under Article 2 of the Convention, that he was seriously wounded during that special operation as a result of a disproportionate use of lethal force by the police officers and that the authorities had failed to conduct an effective investigation into the matter.

 

Zhovbatyrov and Dorsigova v. Russia, (6594/15)

Judgement date: 04/02/2020
Communicated: 16/05/2018
Lodged: 27/01/2015
Date of violations: 04/08/2011
Location: Ingushetia, Ordzhenikidzevskaya
Representative: SRJI
Violation: Disappearance
Pecuniary damage: 26000 €
Non-pecuniary damage: 80000 €

A perimeter set up around a residential quarter in the settlement of Ordzhenikidzevskaya. Passport spot check carried out by armed persons in camouflage uniforms without insignia who drove around in two Gazel-model minibuses. One of the buses had registration number containing digits 904 or 906 and the region indication 06.

 

Ugurchiyev and Others v. Russia, (33731/14)

Judgement date: 04/02/2020
Communicated: 16/05/2018
Lodged: 24/04/2014
Date of violations: 23/08/2011
Location: Ingushetia, Sunzhenskiy District
Representative: SRJI
Violation: Disappearance

On 23 August 2011, two men, Mr Ugurchiyev and Mr Bersanov, were abducted in front of their house by a group of about ten armed men in black and camouflage uniforms and balaclavas who drove a white GAZEL-model minibus with tinted windows and a silver Lada-Priora model car. The applicants complained under Article 2  that the State agents had been responsible for the men's abduction and subsequent disappearance and that the authorities had failed to carry out an effective investigation into the matter. They additionally alleged the violation of Article 3, as their relatives' disappearance led to a mental suffering of the applicants. Under Article 5 of the Convention, they complained that their sons' unlawful detention violated that provision in its entirety and that, in violation of Article 13 of the Convention, they had no effective domestic remedies against the alleged violations of Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention.

 

Machigov v. Russia , (8417/10)

Judgement date: 21/01/2020
Communicated: 05/02/2018
Lodged: 24/11/2009
Date of violations: 29/09/2000
Location: Chechnya
Representative: SRJI
Violation: Disappearance

On 29/09/2000 Mr Kazbek Machigov, was arrestedon his way to the market by three officers: Mr A.S., Mr A.G. and Mr V.S. on suspicion of alleged drug use and taken in their UAZ vehicle to the Oktyabrskiy district police station in Grozny. He has gone missing since.

 

Dzhalilov v. Russia, (11499/14)

Judgement date: 21/01/2020
Communicated: 22/03/2018
Lodged: 09/08/2014
Date of violations: 06/01/2005
Location: Dagestan, The police checkpoint "Yarag-Kazlalyar", in the Derbent District
Representative: Others
Violation: Disappearance

On 6 January 2005, the applicant's wife, Ms Serizha Dzhalilova, was arrested at the checkpoint during her shopping trip to Azerbaijan and taken to the headquarters of the Federal Security Service in Khankala on the following day. Subsequently, the FSB office in Khankala was closed in July 2005. All the documents were destroyed, the FSB officers who arrested the applicant’s wife never subjected to identification parade. The woman has been missing since. The applicant complained under Article 2  that the State agents had been responsible for his wife's abduction and subsequent disappearance and that the authorities had failed to carry out an effective investigation into the matter. He additionally alleged the violation of Article 3, as his wife's disappearance led to a mental suffering of the applicant. Under Article 5 of the Convention, he complained that Ms' Dzhalilova's unlawful detention violated that provision in its entirety and that, in violation of Article 13 of the Convention, he had no effective domestic remedies against the alleged violations of Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention.

 

Adisova and Others v. Russia, (13793/13)

Judgement date: 21/01/2020
Communicated: 26/03/2018
Lodged: 12/04/2013
Date of violations: 12/04/2002
Location: Chechnya, Alleroy
Representative: Tagir Shamsudinov
Violation: Disappearance

On 12 April 2002, four men were taken away during a “mopping-up” operation conducted in the Alleroy settlement. More than 4 officers participated in the abduction. They were in military uniform and conducted an identity check: searched the house premises and questioned local residents. The four men have been missing since.  The applicants complained under Article 2  that the State agents had been responsible for their relatives' abduction and subsequent disappearance and that the authorities had failed to carry out an effective investigation into the matter. They additionally alleged the violation of Article 3, as the men's disappearance led to a mental suffering of the applicants. Under Article 5 of the Convention, they complained that their relatives' unlawful detention violated that provision in its entirety and that, in violation of Article 13 of the Convention, they had no effective domestic remedies against the alleged violations of Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention.

 

Patsuyev and Others v Russia, (9862/12)

Judgement date: 21/01/2020
Communicated: 26/03/2018
Lodged: 21/08/2012
Date of violations: 21/08/2003
Location: Ingushetia, Sunzhenskiy District
Representative: EHRAC/Memorial
Violation: Disappearance

Adam Patsuyev, Ibragim Idigov and Salam Kerimov are cousins. On 21/08/2003 they went to the Sunzhenskiy district hospital where Ibragim Idigov was to have a wound bandaged. At about 2 p.m. two GAZEL-model minivans arrived at the hospital. A group of about 15 to 20 armed men in camouflage uniforms and balaclavas yelled to those present to get on the ground. They kept shooting in the air and running around, looking for someone. Six of the armed men ran into the surgery unit where they beat Mr R.S. who was undergoing wound dressing unconscious and Lom-Ali SHAIPOV who was there with him, breaking Mr Shaipov’s arm. Then they forced Mr R.S. and Mr SHAIPOV into one of their vehicles. Meanwhile, Mr. Idigov tried to escape and was shot in the shoulder. Mr Patsyev and Mr Kerimov wanted to help him, but were beaten by the armed men. Then all three of them were forced into the car and drove in an uknown direction. On the way from the hospital, the abductors drove next to the local police car who had been summoned by the hospital’s security. The policemen did not take any steps to stop the abductors. The applicants complained under Article 2  that the State agents had been responsible for their relatives' abduction and subsequent disappearance and that the authorities had failed to carry out an effective investigation into the matter. They additionally alleged the violation of Article 3, as the men's disappearance led to a mental suffering of the applicants. Under Article 5 of the Convention, they complained that their relatives' unlawful detention violated that provision in its entirety and that, in violation of Article 13 of the Convention, they had no effective domestic remedies against the alleged violations of Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention.

 

Khatimat Saidova v. Russia, (36963/09)

Judgement date: 21/01/2020
Communicated: 16/05/2018
Lodged: 09/08/2009
Date of violations: 17/07/2005
Location: Dagestan, Makhachkala
Representative: EHRAC/Memorial
Violation: Disappearance

In 2004 Mr Salikh Saidov, the applicant's son, moved from Makhachkala (Daghestan) to Moscow. In July 2005 three friends of Mr Saidov from Dagestan informed the applicant that they had been arrested with her son in Moscow. They were released, whereas Mr. Saidov was not. The applicant then found out that upon the request of investigator E.A. from the Dagestan Prosecutor’s office, on 17 July 2005 Mr Salikh had been arrested by the police in Moscow and taken for questioning to Makhachkala. According to the applicant, in Makhachkala her son was taken to the 6th Department of Ministry of the Interior (the Organised Crime Unit) for 3 days and then transferred to ORB-2 (police operational –search bureau no. 2) in Grozny, Chechnya. Since his detention on 17 July 2005 Mr Saidov has gone missing. The applicant complained under Article 2  that the State agents had been responsible for her son's abduction and subsequent disappearance and that the authorities had failed to carry out an effective investigation into the matter. She additionally alleged the violation of Article 3, as her son's disappearance led to a mental suffering of the applicant. Under Article 5 of the Convention, she complained that her son's unlawful detention violated that provision in its entirety and that, in violation of Article 13 of the Convention, she had no effective domestic remedies against the alleged violations of Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention.

 

Markha Indrisova v. Russia, (19/16)

Judgement date: 21/01/2020
Communicated: 16/05/2018
Lodged: 26/12/2015
Date of violations: 06/02/2014
Location: Chechnya, Sadovoye, Grozny District
Representative: Tagir Shamsudinov
Violation: Disappearance

Mr M. Magomadov, the applicant's spouse, went outside his home after somebody knocked on the gate. When his brother looked outside, he only saw a white Lada-Priora model car driving off. Mr. Magomadov has been missing since. The applicant complained under Article 2  that the State agents had been responsible for her husband's abduction and subsequent disappearance and that the authorities had failed to carry out an effective investigation into the matter. She additionally alleged the violation of Article 3, as the men's disappearance led to a mental suffering of the applicant. Under Article 5 of the Convention, she complained that her husband's unlawful detention violated that provision in its entirety and that, in violation of Article 13 of the Convention, she had no effective domestic remedies against the alleged violations of Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention.

 

Zaurayeva v. Russia, (65489/12)

Judgement date: 21/01/2020
Communicated: 07/01/2016
Lodged: 25/09/2012
Date of violations: 23/12/2006
Location: Chechnya, Grozny
Representative: D. Itslayev
Violation: Disappearance

On 23 December 2006 Mr Lema Zaurayev was stopped at the market in Grozny, in his VAZ-2107 car with registration numbers V075UN 95 (“В075УН 95”), and taken away by servicemen in an APC. On 9 January 2007 the Leninskiy district prosecutor’s office opened criminal case no. 10000. The investigation is currently pending.

 

Tasuyev and Others v. Russia, (17499/12)

Judgement date: 21/01/2020
Communicated: 02/03/2016
Lodged: 29/02/2012
Date of violations: 29/05/2003
Location: Chechnya
Representative: SRJI
Violation: Disappearance

On 29 May 2003 a group of armed servicemen arrested the first applicant in his house in Shalazhi, took him to unknown premises where he was detained and tortured for eleven days. On the same date, 29 May 2003, the same servicemen detained Mr Lechi Tasuyev on a street in Shalazhi, took him away in an UAZ vehicle and seized his car. On 2 June 2003 the Urus-Martan district prosecutor’s office opened criminal case no. 34063. The investigation is still pending.

 

Novrzukayeva and Others v. Russia, (52089/11)

Judgement date: 21/01/2020
Communicated: 04/09/2015
Lodged: 10/08/2011
Date of violations: 14/08/2002
Location: Chechnya, Agishty
Representative: SRJI
Violation: Disappearance

On 14 August 2002 in the course of “sweeping-up” operation in Agishty village servicemen of the 45th regiment took Mr Idris Novrzukayev, Mr Abdul-Vab Dilayev and Mr German Abuyev away. On 21 November 2002 the Shali district prosecutor’s office opened criminal case no. 59260. The investigation is currently pending.

 
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