Content tagged with A11: Freedom of assembly and association
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Russian authorities unlawfully dispersed protests held in support of Bolotnaya Square accused, European Court rules
The European Court of Human Rights has found, in three separate judgments in October,[i] that Russia violated protestors’ freedom of assembly when police made arrests at public gatherings held in support of defendants accused in the Bolotnaya Square case.
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Russia unlawfully dispersed LGBT+ activists’ protest against “gay propaganda” law
The European Court of Human Rights today ruled that Russia unlawfully interfered with LGBT+ activists’ right to freedom of assembly after they were arrested and convicted for having taken part in a peaceful protest outside the State Duma against the introduction of a "homosexual propaganda” law in 2013.
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Council of Europe must urge Azerbaijan to improve situation for human rights defenders
EHRAC and Amnesty International have urged the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers to call upon the Government of Azerbaijan to end the restrictive situation for human rights defenders in the country, as part of its obligations to comply with legally- binding judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.
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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 | 22 Jun 2020 | By Tim Mosk
Razvozzhayev v. Russia & Ukraine and Udaltsov v. Russia
A case concerning the conviction of two men for organising “mass disorder” in a political rally at Bolotnaya Square in Moscow on 6 May 2012.
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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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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.
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Alexei Navalny and Anti-Corruption Foundation lodge complaint against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights
The prominent Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, his Anti-Corruption Foundation ("FBK") and nine of his associates and associated entities submitted an application to the European Court of Human Rights in which they claim that they are being unlawfully prevented from carrying out their activities by the Russian authorities as a result of a large and invasive criminal investigation into alleged money laundering by FBK staff.
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Russia’s overuse and misuse of anti-extremism laws
ARTICLE 19 and SOVA Center's new report examines Russia’s problematic implementation of ‘extremism’ related legislation for its failure to comply with international freedom of expression standards.
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Four Russian LGBT activists arrested and detained for peacefully protesting “homosexual propaganda law” counter Government’s submissions
Four Russian LGBT activists arrested and detained during peaceful protests against the State Duma’s adoption of a “homosexual propaganda law” have responded to the Government’s arguments before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).