A.B. v. Russia
Country: RussiaYear: 2010
Court: The European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application No. 1439/06
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, HIV/AIDS, Infectious diseases, Medicines, Prisons
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Facts:
Tags: Cruel treatment, Custody, Degrading treatment, Detainee, Detention, Hepatitis PLHIV, HIV, HIV positive, HIV status, Humiliating treatment, Imprisonment, Incarceration, Inhuman treatment, Inmate, Jail, Liver disease, People living with HIV/AIDS, Prison conditions, TortureThe applicant was detained and sent to remand prison in May 2004, for attempted swindling; the court felt the applicant could be a repeat offender since he had no permanent residence or income. He was to be held in remand prison until his trial. The applicant had pre-existing chronic Hepatitis C and was diagnosed HIV-positive …Read more
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Kozhokar v. Russia
Country: RussiaYear: 2010
Court: The European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application no. 33099/08, ECHR 2010
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Diet and nutrition, Health care and health services, HIV/AIDS, Hospitals, Infectious diseases, Medicines, Prisons
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to bodily integrity
Facts:
Tags: Access to drugs, Access to health care, Access to medicines, Access to treatment, Antiretrovirals, ARVs, Clinics, Compensation, Cruel treatment, Custody, Degrading treatment, Detainee, Detention, Diagnostics, Diet, Duty of care, Essential medicines, Examination, Food, Health facilities, Hepatitis PLHIV, HIV, HIV positive, HIV status, Humiliating treatment, Imprisonment, Inadequate treatment, Incarceration, Inhuman treatment, Inmate, Jail, Liver disease, Malnutrition, People living with HIV/AIDS, Prison conditions, Public hospitals, Remedies, Standard of care, Testing, Torture, TuberculosisThis case is about the conditions of the applicant’s detention and the sufficiency of his medical care while he was detained in remand centre no. IZ-71/1 and correctional colony no. 7 in the Tula region of the Russian Federation. On 18 October 2006, the applicant, a Russian national, was arrested for drug trafficking. He was …Read more
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