The prosecution and the court ignore the European Court’s ruling
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On 12 December, the Lviv Court of Appeal refused to release Vitaliy Matukhno, a life prisoner suffering from stage-four cancer, on health grounds. And this was despite the ECtHR’s ruling under Rule 39. The court did not even add this document to the case file. After all, it was... in English! The translation provided by the defence did not satisfy the judges either.
Ed.: On 12 December, the Lviv Court of Appeal refused to release Vitaliy Matukhno, a life prisoner suffering from stage-four cancer, on health grounds. And this was despite the ECtHR’s ruling under Rule 39. The court did not even add this document to the case file. After all, it was... in English! The translation provided by the defence did not satisfy the judges either.
The country has applied for EU membership, yet prosecutors and judges live in their own world and act in accordance with Soviet traditions. What is a human life worth to a prosecutor or a judge who equates the rule of law with entrenched traditions?
