Content tagged with Litigation
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Georgia responsible for health concerns caused by Tbilisi power plant pollution
Two Tbilisi residents achieved a victory before the European Court of Human Rights, which ruled that the Georgian Government was responsible for harmful air pollution emitted by a power plant just four metres from their apartment block.
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Popular critical news sites challenge block by Azerbaijani Government
Four prominent independent or opposition news websites are challenging the Government’s and courts’ decision to block access to them in Azerbaijan.
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Resource | Case Summary | 2 Feb 2017 | By Emil Sahakyan
Navalnyy v Russia
Aleksey Navalnyy, a political activist and an anti-corruption campaigner, was arrested during unauthorised public gatherings for variously disobeying lawful order of the police or breaching the established procedure for conducting public events.
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Resource | Case Summary | 16 Feb 2017 | By Kia Kyhl
Bayram Bayramov and others v Azerbaijan
The applicants were present at peaceful demonstrations demanding free and fair elections and democratic reform in Azerbaijan, but were arrested.
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Resource | Case Summary | 7 Feb 2017 | By Aigerim Kamidola
Lashmankin and others v Russia
The applicants in this group are from across Russia, and had planned public events of various sizes and for varying causes, many of which did not go ahead.
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Resource | Case Summary | 19 Jan 2017 | By Victoria Sarant
Kulykov and others v Ukraine
The 18 applicants were all domestic court judges in Ukraine. Proceedings were brought against them for alleged ‘breach of oath’.
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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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Renowned Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova challenges travel ban before European Court
Internationally acclaimed investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova challenges the travel ban imposed on her by the Azerbaijani Government at the European Court.
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European Court to consider Azerbaijan’s responsibility in the murder of critical journalist Rafig Tagi
Mr Tagi was a well-known critic of the influence of Iran and Islam on Azerbaijan and had been threatened and imprisoned for his writings in the past, prior to his death in 2011.