In the light of the above and in the absence of a plausible explanation by the Government, the Court considers that the symptoms noted in the medical reports were the result of inhuman and degrading

    In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list in so far as it relates to the complaint under Article 6 of the Convention. B.

    The Court considers that the applicants' complaint should be examined from the standpoint of Article 3 alone, which provides: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading

days), taking into account the accused’s demeanour and behaviour during the proceedings, as well as his sincere confessions; and commuted the prison sentence to a fine (of a total of 500   Turkish liras

  Lilas, a lawyer practising in Kaunas. The applicants R.   Klintovič, R.   Gaška, V.   Traknys and D.

  The excerpts gave a comprehensive list of burned-down and/or evacuated villages from February 1990 to January 1999.

Nobody hit the boy; if you ask me, his father ... or someone else angry about losing the 15   million liras probably gave him a good hiding ...” 25.

Article   3 of the Convention reads: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” 75.

  The excerpts gave a comprehensive list of burned-down and/or evacuated villages from February 1990 to January 1999.

Dejardin Armand en qualité de juge commissaire et Mme Calmels Cécile en qualité de juge commissaire suppléant.

This report gives the list of villages or settlements which were allegedly evacuated or destroyed by the security forces.

Article 3 of the Convention provides: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” Article 8 of the Convention provides as relevant: “1.

    The applicant alleged that she had been tortured in violation of Article 3 of the Convention, which provides: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or

Under Article 3 of the Convention the applicant further complained that, having been shot at, beaten up and exposed to tear gas, he had been subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment.

    The Court considers that the applicant's submission should be examined under Article 3, which reads as follows: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment

Article 3 reads as follows: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” 30.     The Government contested those arguments.   A.

The Commission, taking the treatment suffered by the applicant as a whole, found that the conditions of detention and the treatment to which he had been subjected constituted at least inhuman and degrading

It prohibits in absolute terms torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, irrespective of the circumstances or the victim’s behaviour (see, among other authorities, Labita v.

Article 3 reads as follows: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” A.     Admissibility 24.