Turkey violated jailed PKK leader Ocalan's rights through isolation – ECHRTurkey violated the rights of Abdullah Ocalan, founder of the illegal Kurdistan Worker’s Party, convicted of having carried out secessionist acts by keeping him socially isolated in prison, and through the irreducible nature of his life sentence, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday.17:07 18.03.2014
Ella Pamfilova appointed as Russian human rights ombudsmanRussia's State Duma on Tuesday appointed Ella Pamfilova to the post of Human Rights Ombudsman. On January 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the nomination.13:02 18.03.2014
Greenpeace activists turn to ECHR over arrests in RussiaGreenpeace activists and members of the press filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) challenging their arrests in September 2013 following a protest at a Gazprom drilling platform, Greenpeace announced Monday.15:30 17.03.2014
Schizophrenic man’s psych ward conditions constituted rights violation – ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held on Thursday that the rights of a young man with schizophrenia were violated in connection with his stay in a psychiatric ward in the Russian city of Kazan.17:50 27.02.2014
More victims of Dubrovka terror act turn to ECHRDefense of 95 victims of the terror act in Dubrovka Theater Center in Moscow turned to the European Court of Human Rights, (ECHR) joining the first group of hostages whose complaints against human rights violation have been already considered, the law firm Trunov, Aivar and Partners said on its website.11:46 27.02.2014
Russian government rejects ECHR concerns over Bolotnaya caseThe Russian Government has sent a memorandum to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg to answer the claims of three defendants in the Bolotnaya case, attorney Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI.16:56 26.02.2014
UN committee to hear domestic violence complaint from Chechen womanA UN committee will hear a complaint from a Chechen woman on domestic violence that was rejected by the European Court on Human Rights (ECHR), a legal director from Astreya, Furkat Tishayev, told RAPSI on Friday.17:51 21.02.2014
Moscow City Court mitigates sentence for paralyzed fraud convictThe Moscow City Court on Thursday has mitigated the sentence to Vladimir Topekhin, a paralyzed man convicted for fraud, for two years, defense attorney Svetkana Sidorkina told RAPSI.12:51 20.02.2014
UK Court upholds whole-life sentences despite ECHR rulingThe UK Court of Appeal held Tuesday that whole-life sentences should be imposed when appropriate, despite a finding by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that the UK’s whole-life sentences had violated Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (Convention), which prohibits torture and inhuman and degrading treatment.17:42 19.02.2014
UN commission urges prosecution options in North Korea rights reportA UN commission called for either the referral of North Korea to the International Criminal Court (ICC) or the creation of an ad hoc tribunal, lambasting the state as one with no parallel in the modern world in terms of the nature and scope of its alleged human rights violations Monday in a scathing report.18:39 18.02.2014
US senator sues Obama over NSA surveillanceKentucky Senator Rand Paul filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday against US President Barrack Obama and various other high-ranking officials over the National Security Agency’s (NSA) mass surveillance activities.17:45 13.02.2014
Italy violated rights of Cosa Nostra convict by keeping him behind bars – ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Tuesday that Italy’s continued detention of a man convicted of aiding and abetting Italian “Mafia-type organization” Cosa Nostra violated his right to protection against inhuman and degrading treatment, as established by Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (Convention).16:13 11.02.2014
Attorneys' rights violated in detention facilities – Federal Chamber of LawyersYevgeny Semenyako, President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers, has addressed the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutor General's Office regarding the violation of lawyers' rights in a number of detention facilities in the Yaroslavl and Irkutsk regions and Udmurtia, according to a statement on the chamber's website.18:05 31.01.2014
DOJ challenges journalist's claim to CIA interrogation reportThe US Department of Justice (DOJ) has moved to dismiss a case arising from investigative journalist Jason Leopold efforts to obtain documents from a congressional oversight report of the US Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) detention and interrogation program.19:16 28.01.2014
Russia’s delegation criticizes PACE Magnitsky case reportA report by Swiss PACE member Andreas Gross on the Magnitsky case contains many inaccuracies according to Russia’s delegate, Leonid Slutsky, who spoke during a discussion of the document.16:20 28.01.2014
Indian Supreme Court refuses to reconsider gay sex rulingThe Supreme Court in India has refused to review its ruling of last December that criminalizes same-gender relationships, NDTV reported Tuesday.15:08 28.01.2014
Non-citizens in Latvia not subject to discrimination – EU officialNon-citizens are guaranteed all socioeconomic rights and are not discriminated against in Latvia, said the European Union’s Ambassador to Moscow Vygaudas Usackas.16:01 27.01.2014
ECHR seeks answers from UK on mass surveillance programs – reportThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered UK ministers to provide justifications by early May for the mass surveillance activities of British intelligence agency the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).13:46 24.01.2014
Putin approves new human rights ombudsmanRussian President Vladimir Putin has approved the nomination of Ella Pamfilova for the post of Human Rights Ombudsman. She will replace Vladimir Lukin, whose term is set to expire in February.17:20 23.01.2014
Ukrainian ombudsman looking into allegations of illegal arrests during riotsUkrainian Parliamentary Human Rights Ombudsman Valeriya Lutkovskaya is looking into allegations of illegal detention in connection with the ongoing riots in central Kiev.18:10 20.01.2014