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Young Russian conscript who died in alleged suicide after savage beating by fellow servicemen was subjected to degrading treatment and the investigation into his death was botched, European Court rules
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on 14 January 2020 that a Russian soldier who committed suicide just hours after being subjected to a savage beating by two colleagues, was subjected to inhuman and degrading ill-treatment, and that the investigation into the circumstances of his death by the Russian authorities was inadequate and ineffective.
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Russia responsible for the abduction and presumed deaths of five young men in the North Caucasus between 2007-2011
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on 8 October 2019 found Russia responsible for the disappearances and deaths of five men from Chechnya, Ingushetia and other regions of the North Caucasus between 2007 and 2011.
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Resource | Case Summary | 2 Oct 2019
Gorlov & others v Russia
Permanent CCTV cell monitoring by Russia of prisoners or those held in pre-trial detention breached their rights to respect for their private life and to an effective remedy.
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Resource | Case Summary | 2 Oct 2019 | By Anida Zuko
Kurt v Austria
Austria did not fail in its duty to protect a child who was shot dead by his father while claims were being investigated that he had raped the child’s mother and had made threats to kill her and their children.
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Resource | Case Summary | 2 Oct 2019 | By Kristin Lyaskova
Mihalache v Romania [GC]
A man who was administratively fined and then criminally convicted and sentenced for refusing to undergo a blood test following a positive breathalyser test was tried twice for the same offence.
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Resource | Case Summary | 2 Oct 2019 | By Tom Kiernan
Rustavi 2 Broadcasting Company Ltd & Others v Georgia
No judge bias or other breach of fair trial guarantees were found in a shareholder dispute over the ownership of the Rustavi 2 Broadcasting Company.
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Resource | Case Summary | 2 Oct 2019 | By Margaux Merelle
T.I. & others v Greece
Greece failed in its obligations to prevent, prosecute and investigate human trafficking of three Russian nationals who alleged that consulate employees were bribed by traffickers in order to facilitate their entry into Greece.
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Resource | Case Summary | 2 Oct 2019 | By Başak Küçük
Georgia v. Russia (I) [GC]
Court awards Georgia €10,000,000 in non-pecuniary damages (for trauma, distress, anxiety and humiliation) related to Russia’s collective expulsion of Georgian nationals from its territory in autumn 2006.
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Resource | Case Summary | 2 Oct 2019 | By Tim Mosk
Fernandes de Oliveira v Portugal [GC]
Portuguese authorities failed in their duty to investigate the suicide of a patient while voluntarily hospitalized in a state-run psychiatric hospital.
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Resource | Case Summary | 2 Oct 2019 | By Nicola Balmer
Volodina v Russia
Failure to protect from, prevent, deter, censure or investigate serious and prolonged domestic violence amounted to degrading treatment, contributed to a “climate conducive to domestic violence” and was discriminatory on the basis of gender.