Content tagged with Expulsion/deportation/enforced displacement
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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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Russia must pay €164,500 to Georgians unlawfully deported in 2006
In 2006, severe diplomatic tensions between Russia and Georgia led to Georgians being subject to identity checks, arrested, detained and deported.
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Azerbaijani opposition activist Dashgin Aghararli challenges Georgia’s denial of asylum at European Court
Azerbaijani activist Dashgin Aghararli has submitted an application to the European Court, challenging Georgia's decision not to grant him asylum.
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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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European Court rules Russia’s detention and deportation of Georgians ten years ago contravened Convention rights
The applicants (or their relatives) were all arrested and held in police stations or detention centres; the Court ruled that the conditions of their “arbitrary and unlawful” detention constituted inhuman and degrading treatment.
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European Court to deliver high-profile judgment as Azerbaijan hosts European Games
The European Court will deliver a judgment affecting over a million people in Armenia and Azerbaijan, just as the European Games begin in Baku.
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Resource | Article | 8 Jan 2015 | By Mariat Imaeva
The Role of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances in Chechnya
Mariat Imaeva looks at how the UN's working group can provide a new opportunity for those affected by enforced and involuntary disappearance cases in Chechnya.
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Resource | Article | 8 Jan 2015 | By Dmitri Macmillen
Abductions in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions
Dmitri Macmillen discusses the Amnesty International report on abductions and torture in eastern Ukraine.
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Resource | Article | 8 Jan 2015 | By Graham Donnelly
Crimea’s Tatars
Graham Donnelly discusses the situation faced by Crimean Tatars in light of Russia's recent annexation of the peninsula.