Content tagged with Detention
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Russian state agents are responsible for 17 disappearances in 2002-2004 in the North Caucasus
After years of anguish from not knowing what had happened to their loved ones, the families of 17 ‘disappeared’ men from the North Caucasus have finally received a measure of justice today, establishing that the Russian authorities were responsible for their abduction, detention and presumed deaths.
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270 years in prison: Azerbaijan’s ‘special security’ operation on town of Nardaran
In the evening of 26 November 2015, masked security forces stormed the town of Nardaran, where the Muslim Unity Movement is based. MUM is an unregistered religious group formed in 2015, whose members describe themselves as “non-violent, conservative Shiites” aimed at promoting the role of Islam.
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What should happen after the European Court finds a ‘misuse of power’ in criminal proceedings against a leading opposition politician?
Under cover of darkness one night in December 2013, Ivane Merabishvili was hauled from his prison cell and taken to meet two of the highest ranking officials in Georgian law enforcement.
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Resource | Case Summary | 25 Jul 2017 | By Rehab Jaffer
Yankovskiy v Russia
Vyacheslav Yankovskiy was detained in April 2010 on suspicion of murder and injuring two people. He was certified as disabled in 2008.
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Resource | Case Summary | 7 Mar 2017 | By Imogen Churchill
Kibalo v Russia
Mr Kh. was sentenced to 20 years’ in prison in far east Russia. His wife, Natalya Kibalo, requested his transfer to a nearer facility, but it was rejected.
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Abduction, ill-treatment and forced labour in Donbas
Almost 4 years after the conflict in the Donbas began, the European Court seeks answers about what happened to four people detained by armed ‘separatists’.
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European Court to rule whether Georgia’s detention and prosecution of former Prime Minister was politically motivated
On 28 November, the European Court will decide whether political motivations were behind Vano Merabishvili’s prosecution and pre-trial detention.
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Rasul Jafarov submits expert’s opinion to Committee of Ministers
Lawyers for prominent human rights defender Rasul Jafarov have today asked the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers to call on the Azerbaijani authorities to reopen the proceedings into his criminal conviction.
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Resource | Case Summary | 17 Jan 2017 | By Olga Grygorovska
Barakhoyev v Russia
Sultan Barakhoyev was taken to the police department where he was repeatedly insulted on account of his ethnicity, beaten, punched and kicked.
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Resource | Case Summary | 20 Dec 2016 | By Aigerim Kamidola
Berdzenishvili and others & Dzidzava v Russia
Following a breakdown in diplomatic relations between Russia and Georgia in 2006, the applicants were expelled en masse from Russia.