Inimõigused, kaasuste kokkuvõtted, õigus isikuvabadusele
relating to misappropriation of property. He was acquitted on 31 March 2000. On 26 June 2000
he was released from prison following an amnesty.
From 29 June 1995 to 20 October 1999 the applicant was kept in the detention centre IZ-47/1 in
the city of Magadan (Investigatory Isolation Ward No. 1 (...)). On 20 October 1999 he was sent
to serve his sentence, following the City Court judgment of 3 August 1999, to the penitentiary
establishment AV-261/3 in the village of Talaya. On 9 December 1999 he was transferred back
to Magadan detention centre, where he stayed until his release on 26 June 2000.
The applicant complained that the length of his detention on remand and the criminal
proceedings against him violated his rights guaranteed under Articles 5 § 3 and 6 § 1.
114. The Court recalls that the question of whether or not a period of detention is reasonable
cannot be assessed in the abstract. Whether it is reasonable for an accused to remain in detention