Theme: court rulings

Moscow city court has accepted a claim by The Barents Observer to challenge Russia’s censorship and media regulation agency Roskomnadzor’s arguments to ban the newspaper. The Norwegian-based, bi-lingual newspaper has been blocked in Russia since February after it refused to…read more

Moscow City Court rejected a lawsuit against Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), which was made by Johannes Rohr, a German expert on indigenous peoples. Rohr has challenged the decision of the FSB to ban him from entering Russia until 2069….read more

On March 5, 2019 the Abakan city court ruled to release Denis Li, a stateless person, who had been detained for nine months in the regional temporary detention centre for foreign nationals “with the aim of ensuring further expulsion from…read more

On January 29, 2019, the European Court of Human Rights issued a judgment in case no. 23019/15 Alimuradov v. Russia holding that there had been a violation of Article 5 § 1 (right to liberty and security of person) and…read more

The right to respect for private and family life is one of the most important universally recognized human rights and is protected by Article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. This article…read more

On October 23, 2018 St. Petersburg city court rejected the legal complaint filed by lawyer Olga Tseitlina concerning earlier ruling by the Moscow district court of St. Petersburg on fining and expelling two citizens of Tajikistan, who had been accused…read more