The European Court of Human Rights ruled on 25 complaints from OVD-Info and Memorial and awarded compensation in the amount of three and a half to five thousand euros. Information about this was published on the court’s website on April 11.
The decisions are contained in the decisions “Chursin and others against Russia” , “Kinzhabayeva and others against Russia” , “Papulin and others against Russia” , “Ryakin and others against Russia” .
The applicants complained of violations of their rights during arrests at peaceful protests: in support of Yulia Tsvetkova on June 27, 2020, anti-war protests on February 24 , February 26 , March 3 and March 6 , 2022, protests in support of Navalny on January 23 , January 31 , February 2 2021.
The ECHR found in the cases of the clients of OVD-Info and Memorial violations of several articles of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms: on the right to freedom of assembly (Article 11), to a fair trial (Article 6) and to freedom and personal integrity (Article 5), as well as the right to appeal against sentences in criminal cases in the second instance (Protocol 7, Article 2).
The joint campaign of OVD-Info and Human Rights Center “Memorial” to file complaints to the ECHR began in 2019. To date, according to the rulings, Russia owes the applicants more than three million euros.
11:18 It also became known that the ECHR awarded 4,000 euros to Tyumen activist Vladimir Nikolaev due to his participation in a rally in support of Navalny, which took place on January 23, 2021. This was reported by the telegram channel “Tyumen - a rich region”.
- On June 11, 2022, Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing the Russian government not to implement ECHR decisions taken after March 15, 2022, the day Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe. At the same time, the Court continued to consider complaints about violations by the Russian authorities that occurred before September 14, 2022. Lawyers are still turning to the ECHR with them in order to maintain contact with the Council of Europe, to which Russia may someday want to return. It also makes it possible to record violations and inform European countries about the scale of human rights violations in Russia.