Content tagged with Civil society repression
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Suppression of Azerbaijani human rights organisation breaches Human Rights Convention
The European Court ruled that Azerbaijan’s refusal to register the Human Rights Club (HRC), an NGO led by Rasul Jafarov, breached the European Convention.
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Lawyer disbarred for disclosing his client’s torture allegations in prison seeks justice from the European Court of Human Rights
Yalchin Imanov is the latest of at least two dozen human rights lawyers to have been disbarred, had their licences suspended, been criminally prosecuted or otherwise pressured by the authorities in Azerbaijan.
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European Court again finds Russia in breach of right to protest
On 2 July 2019, the European Court gave judgment in a group of cases, submitted by nine applicants, who were unlawfully detained following protests in Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and Kaliningrad between 2006 and 2010. The Court unanimously held that the right to freedom of assembly and association had been violated in all applications.
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Has the ECtHR in Mammadov 46(4) opened the door to findings of ‘bad faith’ in trials?
Jessica Gavron and Ramute Remezaite explore a case that is highly significant for the European Court’s approach to the implications of politically motivated proceedings.
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Resource | Case Summary | 9 Apr 2019 | By Emily Campbell
Navalnyy v Russia (No. 2)
The applicant, Aleksey Navalnyy, is an anti-corruption campaigner and opposition political activist in Russia. In December 2012, he and his brother were accused of fraud and money laundering in relation to two companies. The applicant was later placed under house arrest.
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Resource | Case Summary | 10 Jan 2019 | By Roman Kiselyov
Khadija Ismayilova v Azerbaijan
Award-winning Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova received threats, and was secretly filmed and recorded, with the authorities failing to take action.
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Resource | Case Summary | 20 Sep 2018 | By Olga Grygorovska
Aliyev v Azerbaijan
Prominent human rights defender Intigam Aliyev was arrested on spurious charges in 2014, detained and convicted, as punishment for his work.
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Resource | Case Summary | 6 Dec 2018 | By Harriet Bland
Haziyev v Azerbaijan
Journalist Seymur Haziyev was punched in the face by a stranger, and after he hit the assailant in defence, he was detained and charged with hooliganism.
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Resource | Case Summary | 17 Jul 2018 | By Olga Okhotnikova
Mariya Alekhina and others (Pussy Riot) v Russia
The applicants – Mariya Alekhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevich – are members of Pussy Riot, a Russian feminist punk band critical of the Kremlin and its connections with the Orthodox church. Five members of the band attempted to perform a protest song in Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral.
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Resource | Case Summary | 7 Jun 2018 | By Giulio Pagano
Rashad Hasanov and others v Azerbaijan
The four applicants were members of NIDA, a civic movement that seeks liberty, justice, truth and change in Azerbaijan through peaceful means. They were arrested and charged for allegedly obtaining 22 Molotov cocktails and supplying them to two other NIDA members, who had been arrested earlier in March.