Date: 18 December 2008
The applicants are three Ukrainian nationals: Oleg Volodymyrovych Kats and his wife, Tetiana Volodymirivna Kats, both born in 1946, and their grandson, Stanislav Igorevich Biliak, born in 1993. They all live in Kyiv. They are the parents and son of Olga Olegivna Biliak, born in 1971, who died in pre-trial detention in February 2004. At the time of her arrest on charges of robbery, she was a registered schizophrenic and infected with HIV. Relying on Article 2 (right to life), Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), Article 5 § 1 (right to liberty and security) and Article 13 (right to an effective remedy), the applicants allege in particular that the Ukrainian authorities were responsible for their relative’s death as they had failed to provide her with adequate medical care during her detention.
(from the official press-release prepared by the Registry Office of the European Court of Human Rights)
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