{"id":1099,"date":"2013-12-02T11:00:51","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcstaging.co.uk\/ehrac\/?post_type=case-studies&#038;p=1099"},"modified":"2023-10-31T20:18:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T20:18:19","slug":"alekhina-others-v-russia","status":"publish","type":"case-studies","link":"http:\/\/ehrac.org.uk\/en_gb\/key-ehrac-cases\/alekhina-others-v-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Alekhina and Others v Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6adadd0a7ce99\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row standard_section \"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-t-w-inherits=\"default\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"column-bg-overlay-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\"><div class=\"column-bg-overlay\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t<p><strong>Case No. 38004\/12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"sB8D990E2\">The applicants were initially represented by Mr M. Feygin, Mr N. Polozov and Ms V. Volkova, lawyers practising in Moscow. They subsequently appointed Ms<\/span><span class=\"sB8D990E2\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sB8D990E2\">I.<\/span><span class=\"sB8D990E2\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sB8D990E2\">Khrunova and Mr Y. Grozev, counsel from Moscow and Sofia respectively, to represent their interests before the Court.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The applicants, Mariya Vladimirovna Alekhina,\u00a0Nadezhda Andreyevna Tolokonnikova and\u00a0Yekaterina Stanislavovna Samutsevich, are\u00a0the founders of a feminist punk rock group\u00a0\u2018Pussy Riot\u2019 formed in 2011 in Moscow.\u00a0Aspiring to be a critical response to the\u00a0quasi-authoritarian regime of the President of\u00a0the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, and\u00a0its policies, including its restrictive stance on women\u2019s issues, minority rights and political\u00a0protests, Pussy Riot has been thrown into the\u00a0spotlight, not only in its capacity as an activist\u00a0art project promoting social change, but also\u00a0as an example of the challenges facing the\u00a0protection of civil liberties within Russia.<\/p>\n<p>To read more on the case, please follow the link below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_module_content_base related_links\">\n<h3 class=\"related_module_content_title multicol\">Links<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_module_content\">\n<li class=\"related_module_content_block last \"><a class=\"related_module_content_element last \" href=\"http:\/\/hudoc.echr.coe.int\/sites\/eng\/pages\/search.aspx?i=001-139863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alekhina &amp; Others v Russia &#8211; Official judgment (HUDOC)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related_module_content_base related_links\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6adadd0a7d20b\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row standard_section \"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-t-w-inherits=\"default\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"column-bg-overlay-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\"><div class=\"column-bg-overlay\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sharing-default-minimal\"><div class=\"nectar-social default\" data-position=\"left\" data-color-override=\"override\"><div class=\"nectar-social-inner\"><a class='facebook-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'>  <i class='fa fa-facebook'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='twitter-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Tweet this'> <i class='fa fa-twitter'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Tweet<\/span> <\/a><a class='linkedin-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-linkedin'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Case No. 38004\/12 The applicants were initially represented by Mr M. 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