MOSCOW, September 28 - RAPSI. The individuals convicted in the Moscow Manezh Square riots case have filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights, attorney Dmitry Agranovsky told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.com) on Friday.

"The application was filed with the Strasbourg court regarding Igor Berezyuk, Ruslan Khabayev, and Kirill Unchuk," the attorney said.The application was filed due to the violation of Item Six of the European Convention of Human Rights, he said. Meanwhile, Agranovsky has also filed a supervisory appeal with the Moscow City Court's presidium.

According to the prosecution, as many as 5,000 football fans and nationalists caused public unrest on December 11, 2010 in Moscow after a rally to commemorate FC Spartak fan Yegor Sviridov, who was shot dead on December 6, 2010. Thirty-two people were injured in the riots.

The Tverskoy District Court sentenced five individuals to prison terms ranging from 2 to 5.5. years in October 2011.

In March, the Moscow City Court reduced by several months the punishment for the three defendants. Another Russia activist Ruslan Khubayev received three years and nine months instead of four years.

Strategy 31 participant Igor Berezyuk had his sentence reduced by three months to five years and three months.

The court reduced Alexander Kozevin's sentence to two years and four months instead of 2.5 years.