The applicant, Igors Bazjaks, is a permanent resident of Latvia who was born in 1963 and lives in Daugavpils (Latvia). In January 1999 Mr Bazjaks was found guilty of aggravated rape and sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. He makes a number of complaints under Articles 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) and 13 (right to an effective remedy) of the European Convention on Human Rights concerning ill-treatment by the police during and after his arrest as well as the conditions of his detention while held in custody and subsequently when serving his sentence. He alleges in particular that the conditions in Daugavpils prison were inhuman and degrading and that he lacked an effective remedy in that regard.
(from the official press-release prepared by the Registry Office of the European Court of Human Rights)