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centre, saying that the complainant would later claim that he was ill-treated in the IVS. The
official, accompanying the complainant, was very angry, and the complainant was forced to
say that he sustained those bruises when he hit the bed in his previous cell. Only then he
was admitted in the IVS.
2.10 On 5 August 2008, three weeks after the complainant’s arrest, his mother saw
numerous bruises on various parts of his body during a search in the visiting room of the
IVS. She filed a complaint to the IVS administration, requesting them to issue a report
about the complainant’s medical condition at the time of admission to IVS. She was
provided a note to the effect that the complainant had no claims and that no bodily injuries
were disclosed. The author’s mother filed another request for a medical report. She was
provided with the same note, with a remark “repeated” to the effect that the complainant
had no complaints whatsoever at the time of admission, and no injuries were disclosed upon
his admission.
2.11 The complainant filed the first complaint of torture to a prosecutor of Rudny during
his visit to the IVS. As a result, the pressure from police increased. Subsequently, on 12
August 2008, he lodged a complaint with the Prosecutor’s Office of the Kostanai Region.
On 19 August 2008, his mother also filed a complaint to the Prosecutor’s Office of the
Kostanai Region.
2.12 On 5 September 2008, the Prosecutor’s Office of Rudny informed the complainant’s
mother that her complaint was forwarded to the Department of Internal Security of the
Department of Internal Affairs of the Kostanai Region (RDIA), for further action. The
RDIA forwarded the complaint for examination to the CDIA. On 19 September 2008, the
CDIA refused to initiate criminal proceedings against the police officers due to lack of
evidence.
2.13 On 7 October 2008, the complainant’s mother appealed against the decisions of both
the CDIA and the Rudny Prosecutor’s Office to the Prosecutor’s Office of the Kostanai
Region. On 20 October 2008, the Rudny City Prosecutor’s Office upheld the CDIA’s
refusal to initiate criminal proceedings. This decision was quashed by the Regional
Prosecutor’s Office on 17 November 2008, due to incomplete investigation. The case was
then referred back to the RDIA, for further investigation.
2.14 On 21 October 2008, the Rudny City Court found the complainant and B. guilty of
having committed a crime under article 179, paragraph 2 ‘a’, of the Criminal Code (robbery
committed in a group) and sentenced the complainant to five years of imprisonment with
confiscation of property. The court retained his initial confessions. Although he retracted
his confessions during the trial and pointed out the ill-treatment inflicted on him, the court
found his claims unfounded and not corroborated by any objective evidence. On appeal, the
complainant claimed, inter alia, that his sentence was based on his forced confessions. The
appeal was, however, dismissed by the Kostanai Regional Court on 2 December 2008. On
11 December 2008, he requested the Regional Prosecutor’s Office to lodge a protest motion
under the supervisory review proceedings against the decision of the Kostanai Regional
Court, but the request was rejected. On 23 December 2008, he filed another application for
supervisory review, to the Kostanai Regional Court, which was rejected on 12 January
2009. A further supervisory review application was rejected by the Supreme Court on 9
June 2009.
2.15 On 27 December 2008, the complainant started serving his sentence at the Colony
No. 161/7. Each time when his mother visited him there, she noticed that his state of health
was deteriorating. On 12 November 2009, he was brought unconscious to the Colony’s
Medical Unit. In December 2009, he was diagnosed with pneumonia. However, the
medication prescribed by the medical doctor and delivered by the complainant’s mother,
gave no results. He received treatment at the Colony’s Medical Unit until 28 October 2010
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