The applicant alleged that as a convicted prisoner in detention he had been subject to a blanket ban on voting in elections.

There were no beds and the detainees had to sleep on the cement floor, which they covered with dirty blankets.

imposed on a poor and vulnerable Roma woman for unintrusive begging, and subsequent imprisonment for five days for non-payment • Art. 8 applicable to right to call on other people for assistance • Blanket

He was only given a blanket to use as a bed in the damp cell where there was no heating device and the outside temperature was below zero.

Mr A claimed in an earlier interview with the same newspaper that he had been beaten up with a baseball bat and blamed his rival competitor for having organised the attack.

Of course it has been suggested on behalf of the Applicant that a blanket restriction is not proportional and that even if some restriction would be reasonable it would have to be less draconian.

With the exception of one detention facility where conditions were better, the conditions were as follows: detainees slept on mattresses on sleeping platforms on the floor; hygiene was poor and blankets

    The applicant, for her part, blamed the authorities, considering that they were refusing to complete the restitution procedure, and that they had exchanged with her “meaningless” correspondence

    The circumstances of the present case differ from those examined in the context of the case of Johnston and Others (cited above), as the case concerns neither a blanket restriction nor a

Thus, she concluded that the applicant could not be blamed for the failure to cooperate.

It is clear that the applicant cannot be blamed for making use of remedies available to him under national law but his requests for extensions of time-limits and appeals obviously caused delay in the proceedings

He could not be blamed for amending his claims and petitioning the District Court for certain procedural actions because those requests had been dismissed or left without any consideration.

He was not provided with a mattress, a pillow, a blanket or sheets, he did not have any hygienic facilities, could not turn on running water, was fed only with bread and water, and was not allowed to go

had been no daylight; he had shared the cell with 4-5 persons, some of them adults; had been subjected to bullying; there had been running water but no items of personal hygiene; cement beds with no blankets

The detainees hung up a blanket; however, the guards used to remove it in order to humiliate them. Instead of beds, there were wooden platforms with no mattresses, pillows, blankets or bed linen.

Noting there was no privacy or security, Mr Burhaan Abdullahi Elmi stressed that he felt very insecure in detention, and that his food was often stolen by detainees as was his blanket.

As a result this restriction applied as a blanket rule and the applicant could not request the benefit of legal assistance during his police custody.

All the cells were similar: detainees sleeping on the same wooden platform without any mattress or blanket; non-existent or very limited access to daylight; artificial light which was insufficient during

The bed sheets and pillowcase were dirty and the blankets old and foul smelling. There was no natural light and he was alone in his cell 21 hours a day.