Content tagged with 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.
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EHRAC appeals to INTERPOL to prevent arrest of Leyla and Arif Yunus
EHRAC filed a request with INTERPOL to inquire about alerts against Leyla and Arif Yunus by the Azerbaijani Government, which could lead to their arrest.
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Azerbaijan: Is it time to invoke Infringement Proceedings for failing to implement judgments of the Strasbourg Court?
EHRAC Legal Consultant Ramute Remezaite analyses whether infringement proceedings should be invoked in light of Azerbaijan's failure to implement judgments.
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2007 abduction of Memorial Chairman and journalists in Ingushetia was committed by Russian State agents
The ECtHR found Russia was responsible for the abduction, beating of and threats to four men in Nazran to report on a protest against abuse of authorities.
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Prisoner’s detention 8000km away from home breaches right to respect for family life
The European Court ruled that the Russian Government violated the right to respect for family life of the wife and children of a prisoner, who was sent to a penitentiary facility around 8000km away from his home in Chechnya.
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Resource | Case Summary | 12 Jul 2017
Human rights violations by the Russian security forces in the North Caucasus
The Court has found Russian State agents responsible for indiscriminate bombing, extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances and abductions in the North Caucasus in over 250 cases.
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Russia responsible for “most grave violation” of unlawful arrest and ill-treatment of Sultan Barakhoyev
European Court finds Russia unlawfully arrested and detained Sultan Barakhoyev in “complete negation of fundamentally important guarantees” 10 years ago.
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Resource | Case Summary | 17 Mar 2016 | By Caroline MacPherson
Zalyan and others v Armenia
Arayik Zalyan, Razmik Sargsyan and Musa Serobyan were servicemen in the Armenian army and alleged that they had been subjected to torture while detained as suspects for murder.