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Fulfillment for pickets
The European Court of Human Rights satisfied five residents of different regions of Russia on a violation of the right to freedom of expression. This was reported in the press release of the court.
The applicants, Muscovite Marina Novikova, Kaliningradets Yuri Matsnev, Viktor Savchenko from Platonovo-Petrovka, Rostov region, Alexander Kirpichev and Valery Romakhin from Astrakhan, filed law enforcement agencies for the detention of single pickets.
The ECHR in his decision indicated that the detention of the conducting single pickets of activists is an excessive measure, since their actions do not pose a threat to public order. The court ruled that in all five cases there was a violation of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (freedom of expression).
The decision of the ECHR says that Novikova, Kirpichev and Romakhin should be paid 7.5 thousand euros as compensation for moral damage, Savchenko - 6 thousand euros. In addition, the court decided to compensate for the costs and costs of Kirpichev and Romakhin for a total of 6 thousand euros. In addition, Krypichev should receive material compensation in 120 euros.
As noted in a press release, Maznev in another court had already filed a lawsuit to protect civil rights to the Russian authorities, and the court then awarded him an amount equivalent to 150 euros as compensation.
On September 12, the ECHR registered complaints of civil activists of Ildar Dadin, Vladimir Ionov and Mark Galperin for illegal detentions in Moscow . The complaint about the detention on January 10, 2015 was filed by ion and Halperin. The document indicates a violation of articles of the European Convention 6 (the right to a fair trial), 11 (freedom of assembly and associations) and 13 (the right to effective protection). The detention on January 15, 2015 was appealed by all three applicants. Dadin, in addition to these articles, also pointed out a violation of Article 10.
On January 10, Ionov and Halperin were detained during single pickets with posters "Je Suis Charlie" on Manezhnaya Square. On January 15, Dadina, Ionova and Halperin were detained among 13 participants in the action in support of Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg, convicted in the "postal case".
In the future, criminal cases were instituted against all three activists under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code (repeated violations at rallies). Ionov left Russia. On December 7, 2015, the judge of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow Natalya Dudar sentenced Dadina to three years of general regime ( 