LIU v. POLAND - 37610/18 (Judgment : Article 3 - Prohibition of torture : First Section)

Art 3 -� Proposed extradition to China where the applicant would face a real risk of ill-treatment in detention -� Applicant's allegations not duly examined by the domestic authorities -� Considerable weight attached to credible and consistent allegations of serious abuses equated to a general situation of violence -�Benefit of the doubt granted to the applicant seeking protection -� Informal assurances from China offering insufficient guarantees

Art 5 § 1 (f) -� Unlawful detention due to unjustified delays in the proceedings not guaranteeing the pursuing of his prosecution in another State

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

the application (no. 37610/18 ) against the Republic of Poland lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by Mr Hung Tao Liu ("the applicant") from Taiwan, on 9 August 2018;