Communicated on 9 December 2020 Published on 11 January 2021

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 6544/20 Remigijus LANIAUSKAS against Lithuania lodged on 13 January 2020

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The applicant is serving a prison sentence. He complains under Article 3 of the Convention that he was ill-treated by prison officers when a riot broke out in the prison, despite the fact that he did not participate in it.

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

1. Was the applicant subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention, at the hands of prison officers (see Bouyid v. Belgium [GC], no. 23380/09, §§ 81-90, ECHR 2015, and Tali v. Estonia , no. 66393/10, § 59, 13 February 2014)?

2. Was the domestic authorities ’ investigation into the applicant ’ s allegations of ill-treatment in line with the State ’ s procedural obligations under Article 3 of the Convention (see Mocanu and Others v. Romania [GC], nos. 10865/09 and 2 others, §§ 316-26, ECHR 2014 (extracts), and the cases cited therein)?