Article 3 - ​Prohibition of torture

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Y.F.C. and Others v. the Netherlands, no. 21325/19

21/04/26

Applicants found on board a boat in Curaçao territorial waters; complaints about their arrest and detention (including allegedly disproportionate use of force by officers), as well as about decisions refusing them entry, and ordering their detention and removal.
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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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