The ECHR awarded compensation to Gennady Afanasyev for inhumane conditions of transportation

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) granted two complaints from Crimean Gennady Afanasyev regarding the conditions of his transfer to a Russian colony to serve his sentence. Russia must pay Afanasyev 2,000 euros in compensation. about it Writes "Crimea. Realii” with reference to Ernest Mezak, a representative of the human rights commission “Memorial” in the Russian Republic of Komi.

“The court considered two complaints by Gennady Afanasyev about the conditions of transportation in prison vehicles in Russia. One of them concerned the conditions of transportation from the Voronezh region to the Komi Republic, and the second in the Komi Republic. The court granted both these complaints. For each of them, he was awarded compensation - a thousand euros, ”said Mezak.

Ukrainians Gennady Afanasiev, who was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime colony in the "Crimean Terrorists Case", and Yuriy Soloshenko, who received six years in prison for espionage, were pardoned by the Russian president on June 14. Both Ukrainians were taken by plane to the territory of Ukraine.

Read about the various nuances of transporting prisoners in Russia in the OVD-Info material “A Long Roundabout” .