MININ AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA - 29120/06 (Judgment : Prohibition of torture : Third Section Committee)

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:

��������� Darian Pavli, President, ��������� Dmitry Dedov, ��������� Peeter Roosma, judges, and Olga Chernishova, Deputy Section Registrar,

the applications (nos. 29120/06 and 8 others) against the Russian Federation lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by nine Russian nationals (�the applicants�) on the various dates indicated in the appended table;

the decision to give notice to the Russian Government (�the Government�) of the complaints concerning the applicants� alleged ill‑treatment by law-enforcement officers and the lack of effective investigation therein and to declare inadmissible the remainder of the applications;

The case concerns the alleged ill-treatment of the applicants by law‑enforcement officers during arrest and custody, and the Russian authorities� failure to conduct an effective investigation into the complaints about such ill-treatment.