Prisoners' rights

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Sekour v. France, no. 52496/19

12/03/26

Repeated and consecutive extension of the applicant’s administrative solitary confinement (over four years in total) as a protective or security measure during his detention related to terrorist offences, and alleged lack of effective remedies against these measures.
Judgment


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.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Navalnyy v. Russia (no. 4), nos. 4743/21 and 37083/21

03/02/26

Allegations of ill-treatment and risk to the applicant’s life in prison, and alleged unlawfulness of his detention.
Judgment | Legal Summary


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