The ECHR awarded 7.5 thousand euros to a participant in the action on Bolotnaya Square in 2012, who spent the night in a police station

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) awarded 7.5 thousand euros to Kristina Zinovieva, detained on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012. The corresponding decision was published on the court's website.

The Strasbourg court ruled that the applicant had violated Articles 5 and 11 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms, guaranteeing the right to liberty and security of person and the right to freedom of assembly.

Zinovieva was detained during the “March of Millions” on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow in 2012. The police took her to the Tagansky district department. There, a protocol was drawn up against the protest participant under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to a police officer).

Zinoviev was kept overnight in the department in a cell without a toilet, bed or bedding. The detainee was also not given food or water. At the same time, Zinovieva told the police that she had a one-year-old child at home.

The next day, May 7, the detainee was taken to the magistrate, but he did not consider her case and Zinovieva was taken back to the department. The protest participant was sent home at ten o'clock in the evening on an obligation to appear. On May 8, the judge found her guilty, but released her from administrative liability, since Zinovieva has a small child.

In this case, the ECtHR in its decision refers to Article 3.9. Code of Administrative Offenses, according to which it is prohibited to arrest women with children under 14 years of age. At the same time, according to Article 27.5. Code of Administrative Offenses, people who cannot be arrested cannot be detained for more than three hours.