Article 3 - ​Prohibition of torture

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Petrov v. the Republic of Moldova, no. 38066/18

05/03/26

Restrictions, humiliation and forced labour suffered by the applicant in prison at the hands of his fellow inmates due to his low-ranking “outcast” status within the informal prison hierarchy, and the authorities’ failure to protect him.
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Koffi v. Bulgaria, no. 95/24

17/02/26

Violent assault on the applicant, in which he sustained serious injuries, by several football fans walking through the city centre after a match.
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Tsaava and Others v. Georgia [GC], nos. 13186/20 and 4 others

11/12/25

Dispersal of a demonstration, also with the use of kinetic impact projectiles by the police, in front of the Georgian Parliament in June 2019, during which the twenty-six applicants – mostly demonstrators and journalists – were injured.
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