The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has given a priority to the case that concerns complaint by Euromaidan activist that he was beaten by the police and unlawfully detained in the ongoing protests in Kyiv.

As the ECHR press service reported on Monday, the application of Ihor Sirenko vs Ukraine was lodged with the court on January 28, 2014. Immediately on February 1 the court decided to notice should be given to the government of Ukraine and that it should be invited to submit written observations on the admissibility and merits of the case by February 28, 2014.

According to Mr. Ihor Sirenko, he had taken part in the protests in central Kyiv since November 29, 2013. He stated that he was beaten up by special police units during a violent dispersal of protesters and then unlawfully detained on November 30, 2013. He complained that this was a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), Article 5 (the right to liberty and security), Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association), and Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) of the European Convention on Human Rights," the court's press service reported.

Besides, Sirenko also complained that the measures employed by the authorities to deal with the demonstrations were in violation of his and other protesters' rights under Article 3, Article 5, Article 8 (right to respect to individual life), Article 11 and Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) of the Convention, and under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention (protection of property).