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Russian Justice Ministry to release statement on Pussy Riot ECHR case

Russian Justice Ministry plans to release a statement concerning its position on the Pussy Riot case and send it to the European Court of Human Rights by March 26, 2014.

11:18 25.12.2013

ECHR notifies Russia about Pussy Riot’s application

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) addressed a series of questions to the parties to a case launched by the newly released Pussy Riot members challenging Russia on the basis of various alleged rights violations associated with their detention and legal process, according to court documents released by the court.

17:32 23.12.2013

ECHR prioritizes three more claims from Bolotnaya riot defendants

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) merged and prioritized three applications filed by defendants in the Bolotnaya riot case, attorney Dmitry Agranovsky wrote on his Twitter account on Friday.

15:40 20.12.2013

Top UK judge optimistic about interplay between national and EU legal structures

18:42 18.12.2013

ECHR: Poland grilled on CIA black site allegations

During a speech on September 6, 2006, then US President George W. Bush addressed the nation and the families of those killed in the 9/11 terror attacks. He revealed that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was in fact running a secret counter-terrorism program without going into much details about it, and declared the program closed. Bush also assured the American people that torture was not used against those suspected of terrorism captured through the CIA program. He rather described the methods used to extract intel as an “alternative set of procedures”.

13:14 13.12.2013

ECHR introduces stricter conditions for applications

A stricter set of conditions will apply to applications to the the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), starting on January 1, 2014, when a new court rule comes into effect.

18:27 11.12.2013

ECHR finds Turkey responsible for violations amid 2000 hunger strike violence

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Tuesday that Turkey had violated the rights of female prisoners in connection with an October 2000 hunger strike and the operation that subsequently ended it, according to a release issued by the court.

16:48 10.12.2013

Constitutional Court to rule on applicability of ECHR decisions

Russia’s Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that it alone can adopt decisions on the applicability of laws that hinder the implementation of rulings of the European Court of Human Rights which have not previously been defined as contradictory to the Russian Constitution.

11:40 06.12.2013

UN Human Rights Rapporteur calls CIA extraordinary rendition “global conspiracy”

While delivering his statement in the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) hearing on the alleged extraordinary rendition of Al Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah by the CIA in Poland, Ben Emmerson, UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, referred to the high-value detainee (HVD) program and the practice of extraordinary rendition a “global criminal conspiracy.”

15:58 03.12.2013

Poland calls for confidentiality in CIA black-site prison investigation

At the ongoing European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) hearing of the secret CIA run-prisons in Poland, the representatives of the Polish government called for more confidentiality of the proceedings, saying that the investigation was still in progress, RAPSI reports live from the courtroom.

15:11 03.12.2013

Latvia violated mother’s rights by returning her child to Australia - ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights has delivered a Grand Chamber judgment on the chamber ruling of November 2011 according to which the Latvian court order to return the applicant’s daughter to live with her father in Australia breached her family rights, reads the ECHR decision published on Tuesday.

11:53 27.11.2013

Ukraine was justified in refusing to order 1942 Death Match retraction – ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Tuesday that Ukraine did not violate the right to respect for private and family life by virtue of its courts’ refusal to order the redaction of allegedly defamatory information linked to the infamous 1942 Death Match soccer game between Ukrainian and German players.

17:25 21.11.2013

Bosnian court releases ten war crime convicts after ECHR ruling

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has ordered the release of ten people who were convicted of 1990s war crimes as their rights under the European Convention were violated.

14:24 20.11.2013

Russia ordered to compensate special-needs boy for 30-day detention – ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that the 30-day detention of a boy with special needs was unjustified, thus ordering Russia to pay out EUR 7,500 in non-pecuniary damages and EUR 1,493 in costs and expenses.

15:18 14.11.2013

Greenpeace activists' lawyers vow to turn to ECHR

The defense lawyers of Greenpeace activists are preparing an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), attorney Andrei Suchkov told journalists in St. Petersburg on Wednesday.

14:41 13.11.2013

ECHR sends inquiry to Russia on 2012 Moscow Riot case

In its consideration of the complaints lodged by seven persons involved in 2012 Moscow riots case, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has sent a number of questions to Russia, attorney Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI on Monday.

13:53 11.11.2013

Russia agrees with the ECHR ruling on Khodorkovsky complaint

Russia has waived its right to request the referral of former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s case to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for fresh consideration.

13:05 07.11.2013

Moscow 2012 rioter's application reaches ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has accepted for hearing an appeal filed by Denis Lutskevich, one of the suspects implicated in a Russian criminal case centering on the 2012 Moscow riots.

12:03 28.10.2013

Ex-YUKOS Alexei Pichugin fails in bid to appeal life sentence

Russia's Supreme Court has ruled that the life sentence for YUKOS former security head Alexei Pichugin, who was convicted of masterminding several murders, was lawful and refused to amend it according to the ECHR judgment.

11:06 23.10.2013

ECHR abstains from evaluating Russian Katyn massacre investigation

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has ruled on Monday that it has no competence to examine the adequacy of an investigation into the events of 1940 when Polish POWs were executed in Katyn.

13:57 21.10.2013