The ECHR Comminized the complaints of Russians about refusals to coordinate shares

The European Court of Human Rights adopted a group of complaints about the failures of the authorities of four Russian regions in the coordination of peaceful shares, the Apology of Protest reports.

In Murmansk in 2012 and 2014, local authorities refused activist Tatyana Kulbakina to agree on a peaceful action. Kulbakina wanted to appeal the decision in court, but he did not make an activist’s statement, since she was an authorized organizer. As a result, the ECHR saw in the actions of the authorities signs of violations of Article 11 and 13 of the Convention.

In St. Petersburg in 2018, Yuri Ioffe planned to hold a rally against pension reform. The city administration was refused the event due to the matches of the World Cup in the city. The ECHR considered that the authorities of St. Petersburg could violate article 11 of the Human Rights Convention.

“In all complaints, a question is raised related to the violation of the right to freedom of assembly. The authorities under various pretexts did not agree on measures in the conditions that the applicants presented. The authorities either proposed to change the place of the action or the time or date,” the lawyer Alexander Porruk, who represents the interests of three applicants.

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The complaints were also filed by activists from Chelyabinsk and Cheboksar. In Chelyabinsk, the authorities refused to hold 7 shares to three activists Kirill Artyukhova, Maria Makarova and Alexei Tabalova.

In Cheboksary, Yaroslav Mudryakov and Alexander Paramonov wanted to meet with Alexei Navalny. The administration refused the activists in all city venues and proposed to arrange an event in the village 40 kilometers from the city. The ECHR has seen a violation of Article 11 and 13 of the Convention.