The ECHR awarded compensation of 75,000 euros for arrests at protests

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on nine complaints by Russians about illegal detentions at rallies in Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and Kaliningrad in 2006-2010. This was reported in the telegram channel "Apology of Protest" with reference to the decision of the ECtHR.

The ECHR ruled that in all cases the right to freedom of assembly (Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights) was violated.

Human rights activist Yelena Ryabinina complained about the violation of her rights when she was detained for actions near the FSB building in Moscow on February 1, 2006. Then she was fined 500 rubles. In connection with her death, the court awarded compensation in the amount of 5 thousand euros to her daughter Olga Ryabinina.

For detentions at the same action at the FSB, the ECHR ordered to pay 7.5 thousand euros to the leader of the movement "For Human Rights" Lev Ponomarev, Mikhail Krieger, Mikhail Shneider as compensation for moral damage. The reason for the protest action was a spy scandal directed against Russian non-governmental organizations and, in particular, the head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Lyudmila Alekseeva. The scandal erupted in connection with the film as part of the Special Correspondent program on the Russia-1 TV channel.

The action on September 3, 2006 at the Solovetsky stone was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the tragedy in Beslan. The Moscow authorities did not agree on the action of memory. Lev Ponomarev, Yuri Samodurov, Mikhail Krieger, Mikhail Shneider were then detained and sentenced to fines ranging from 500 to 2,000 rubles. Ponomarev was also arrested for three days. The ECHR ordered them to pay compensation of 7.5 thousand euros each.

Natalya Peletskaya was detained for an action in the center of Moscow on March 20, 2010 and received a fine of 500 rubles. It has not yet been possible to establish what kind of action in question. The ECHR awarded her compensation of 7.5 thousand euros.

On the same day, March 20, 2010, in the center of Kaliningrad, an uncoordinated action (flashmob "Tangerine Fair") took place, at which Vadim Khairullin was detained. He was fined a thousand rubles. According to the decision of the ECtHR, compensation to Khairullin is 10,000 euros.

In addition to a violation of the right to freedom of assembly, the ECtHR also found a violation of the right to effective protection (Article 13 of the Convention) for shares near the Solovetsky Stone in 2006 and for shares in Kaliningrad in 2010, and in the case of Khairullin also a violation of the right to freedom (Article 5 , Part 1 of the Convention).