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RUSSIA: Two years' jail to punish religious study meetings
2 July 2018 | Publisher: Forum 18 | Document type: Country News |
RUSSIA: Two years' jail to punish religious study meetings
2 July 2018 | Publisher: Forum 18 | Document type: Country News |
RUSSIA: Will Constitutional Court reduce "anti-missionary" prosecutions?
16 May 2018 | Publisher: Forum 18 | Document type: Country News |
CASE OF MAINOV v. RUSSIA (Application no. 11556/17)
detention under Article 5 § 1 (f) of the Convention must be carried out in good faith; it must be closely connected to the ground of detention relied on by the Government; the place and conditions of detention should be appropriate; and the length of the detention should not exceed that reasonably required for the purpose pursued 15 May 2018 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Statelessness | Countries: Russian Federation |
World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Russian Federation : Roma
May 2018 | Publisher: Minority Rights Group International | Document type: Country Reports |
RUSSIA: Armed raids, criminal investigations, pre-trial detentions
23 April 2018 | Publisher: Forum 18 | Document type: Country News |
CASE OF BISTIEVA AND OTHERS v. POLAND (Application no. 75157/14)
violation of article 8 - child’s best interests cannot be confined to keeping the family together - detention is mesure of last resort -consideration should be given to alternative measures - detention of minors called for greater speed and diligence on the part of the authorities 10 April 2018 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Right to family life | Countries: Germany - Poland - Russian Federation |
RUSSIA: Two criminal trials, three criminal investigations
20 February 2018 | Publisher: Forum 18 | Document type: Country News |
CASE OF MSKHILADZE v. RUSSIA (Application no. 47741/16)
- detention arbitrary since it should have been clear to the authorities that removal was impracticable - violation of Article 5 § 4 of the Convention on account of the lack of a possibility to take proceedings for review of the continued detention 13 February 2018 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Statelessness | Countries: Russian Federation |
Russia: Rights Defender Arbitrarily Arrested in Chechnya
10 January 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News |