Content tagged with Civil society repression
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Blocked news websites counter Azerbaijani Government’s claims at European Court of Human Rights
Four critical news websites blocked by the authorities in Azerbaijan have responded to the Government’s submissions to the European Court of Human Rights and reiterated their claim that the ban violates their right to freedom of expression.
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EHRAC and HRW intervene in Chechnya LGBTI+ crackdown case
EHRAC and Human Rights Watch have filed a third-party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights arguing that a case concerning the alleged abduction and torture of a gay man during a crackdown on LGBTI+ people in Chechnya.
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Azerbaijan’s suspension and disbarment of human rights lawyer breached European Convention
Azerbaijan’s suspension and disbarment of prominent human rights lawyer Khalid Bagirov was in breach of his freedom of expression and right to a private life.
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Dispersal of demonstration commemorating Anna Politkovskaya breached European Convention
The Russian authorities unlawfully dispersed a public demonstration intended to commemorate the murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya in the town of Nazran in 2006.
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Resource | Case Summary | 19 Jun 2020 | By Tom Kiernan
Khodorkovskiy and Lebedev v Russia (No.2)
Khodorkovskiy and Lebedev v Russia (No.2) was the latest in a series of cases brought before the ECtHR by senior executives of YUKOS Oil Company regarding their criminal prosecution in Russia.
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Police beating of St. Petersburg “Dissenters’ March” protestors found to breach European Convention on Human Rights
Two peaceful protestors suffered inhuman and degrading treatment when they were savagely beaten by riot police at a peaceful rally in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2007.
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Defendants in ‘Ganja case’ take torture claims to European Court of Human Rights
EHRAC, together with an Azerbaijani partner lawyer, has lodged an application at the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of five young men who were arrested at a protest in Azerbaijan’s second city, Ganja, and later mistreated and tortured in detention.
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Azerbaijani human rights defender Rasul Jafarov cleared of all charges
Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court granted full acquittal to the prominent human rights defender Rasul Jafarov, who EHRAC represents, ordering him to be compensated.
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Azerbaijan’s 2020 elections and the ongoing persecution of human rights defenders
EHRAC's James Dowsett looks back on Azerbaijan's 2020 parliamentary elections. How did Azerbaijan’s failure to comply with international legal standards contribute to the suppression of dissenting voices?
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Russia illegally disrupted private charity meeting in 2007
On 25 February 2020, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the Russian authorities illegally disrupted a private meeting convened by a charity organisation in 2007.