EIT: Aleksey Navalnyn ja Ilya Yashinin vankeusrangaistus mielenosoitukseen osallistumisesta loukkasi useita EIS:n artikloita

Euroopan ihmisoikeustuomioistuin (EIT) katsoi Venäjää vastaan antamassaan tuomiossa, että 15 päivän hallinnollinen vankeusrangaistus rauhanomaiseen mielenosoitukseen osallistumiseen oli kohtuutonta ja omiaan estämään muiden halukkuutta osallistua mielenosoituksiin tai poliittiseen keskusteluun.

EIT:n lehdistötiedotteesta:

In a Chamber judgment in the case of Navalnyy and Yashin v. Russia (application no. 76204/11) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been:

a violation of Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) of the European Convention on Human Rights;
a violation of Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial);
a violation of Article 5 § 1 (right to liberty and security); and
a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) alone and in conjunction with Article 13 (right to an effective remedy).

The case concerned the arrest of two well-known opposition leaders at a demonstration in December 2011, their subsequent detention and their conviction of an administrative offence.

The Court found in particular that the applicants’ arrest, detention and conviction had been disproportionate to the offence they had allegedly committed, namely their participation in a spontaneous nonviolent demonstration in defiance of a police order. Their punishment – for acts protected by Articles 10 and 11 of the Convention – had the potential to deter others from attending demonstrations or participating in open political debate.

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