European Court recognizes violation of rights of convicted Ingush native

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found a violation of articles on the prohibition of torture and the right to a fair trial in relation to Lechi Gadamauiri, a native of Ingushetia, who was sentenced to 19 years of imprisonment in a case on the “Ordzhonikidze jamaat”, and also obliged Russia to pay compensation. Before the Russia’s refusal to comply with the decisions of the ECtHR, the verdict could have become the basis for a reconsideration of the case, but now it only recorded the violations committed, notes advocate Rustam Matsev.

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that in 2018, in Rostov-on-Don, a military court sentenced nine residents of Ingushetia, accused of aiding and abetting militants of the “Ordzhonikidze jamaat”, to long terms of imprisonment. Lechi Gadamauri, whom the court considered the leader of the jamaat, got the longest sentence, 19 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony.

The ECtHR released a ruling in the case “Ivanov and others v. Russia”, in which it recognized the complaint filed by Lechi Gadamauri as justified. The European Court recognized the Russia’s responsibility for violating Articles 3 and 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (prohibition of torture and the right to a fair trial) and obliged Russia to pay compensation in the amount of 26,000 euros. This was reported by advocate Rustam Matsev.

The European Court indicated that on June 8, 2016, law enforcers detained Lechi Gadamauri and subjected him to torture, including using electric current, in order to force him to confess to the crime. Lechi Gadamauri complained about ill-treatment in court, but investigators refused to institute a criminal case.