Communicated on 29 May 2019

FIFTH SECTION

Application no. 840/18 Jock Anthony PALFREEMAN against Bulgaria lodged on 22 December 2017

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the alleged ill-treatment of a foreign prisoner by prison guards in Sofia Prison on 17 October 2013. This raises an issue under the substantive limb of Article 3 of the Convention.

The application also concerns the effectiveness of the ensuing investigation. This raises an issue under the procedural limb of Article 3 of the Convention.

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

1. Did guards in Sofia Prison subject the applicant to treatment contrary to Article 3 of the Convention on 17 October 2013? In particular, did they use force with respect to him and, if so, was that force strictly necessary in the circumstances (see, mutatis mutandis , Dedovskiy and Others v. Russia , no. 7178/03, § § 74-85, ECHR 2008 (extracts); Vladimir Georgiev v. Bulgaria , no. 61275/00, § § 36-37, 16 October 2008; Antipenkov v. Russia , no. 33470/03 , § § 50-61, 15 October 2009; Rudakov v. Russia , no. 43239/04, § § 44-56, 28 October 2010; and Gladović v. Croatia , no. 28847/08, § § 34-38 and 51-56, 10 May 2011)?

2. Did the ensuing investigation comply w ith the requirements of Article 3 of the Convention (see, mutatis mutandis , Dedovskiy and Others , cited above, §§ 87-94; Antipenkov , cited above, §§ 67-72; Rudakov , cited above, §§ 59-68; Vladimir Georgiev , cited above, § 43; and Karabet and Others v. Ukraine , nos. 38906/07 and 52025/07 , § § 264-96, 17 January 2013 )?