The ECHR awarded 4 thousand euros for detention with a blank sheet of paper at a rally near the White House in 2009

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) awarded compensation in the amount of 4,000 euros to Andrey Obote, who was detained at a rally with a blank sheet of paper on Gorbaty Bridge in front of the Government House in 2009 in Moscow. about this Writes "Apology of Protest".

On January 31, 2009, Obote, along with other protesters, stood on the Humpback Bridge near the Government House with his mouth sealed with tape and with an empty sheet of paper in his hands. They were detained for organizing an uncoordinated action. Obote was fined 1,000 rubles under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.

The ECtHR found a violation of the right to freedom of assembly (Article 11 of the Convention on Human Rights) because “there was no public need to hold the applicant accountable, since a picket involving several people cannot lead to any negative consequences and the authorities should were to show tolerance for peaceful protesters,” Apology reports.

29 April 10:15 Russia paid compensation to Andrey Obote in full, according to The Insider .