{"id":1108,"date":"2013-09-05T11:11:42","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T10:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcstaging.co.uk\/ehrac\/?post_type=case-studies&p=1108"},"modified":"2023-10-31T20:18:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T20:18:56","slug":"prohibition-against-torture-i-v-sweden","status":"publish","type":"case-studies","link":"http:\/\/ehrac.org.uk\/en_gb\/key-ehrac-cases\/prohibition-against-torture-i-v-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"I v Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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Case No. 61204\/09<\/strong>
\nJudgment date: 05 September 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

The applicants were represented before the Court by Mr<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Christian<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Shumkov, a lawyer practising in Ume\u00e5.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The applicants were an unnamed Chechen\u00a0family seeking to avoid deportation from\u00a0Sweden. Mr I contended that shortly after the\u00a0second Chechen War began in 1999, he had\u00a0documented alleged atrocities for NGOs and\u00a0journalists including the late Anna Politkovskaya.\u00a0Both he and his wife were allegedly\u00a0detained and physically abused by the Russian\u00a0Security Services. Although both managed to\u00a0escape their respective captors, they had later\u00a0been threatened by insurgent groups because\u00a0of his apparent cooperation with the authorities.\u00a0The family fled to Sweden in December\u00a02007 and sought asylum. The Swedish Migration\u00a0Board rejected their application because\u00a0they could not rely on the general situation in\u00a0the North Caucasus and, assessed individually, their narrative lacked proof and was inconsistent.\u00a0The decision was upheld on appeal and\u00a0the applicants brought the case before the\u00a0ECtHR alleging their return to Russia would\u00a0violate their rights under Article 3 ECHR.<\/p>\n

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