Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 07/17/2018

Subject: The judgment according to which Russia committed multiple violations of the Convention for the prolonged pre-trial detention, for the humiliating treatment suffered by the applicants during the hearings (members of the Pussy Riot punk band), found guilty for having sang their protest songs in a cathedral, and for having banned the access to the video recordings of the demonstration

Parties: Mariya Alekhina e altri c. Russia

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Personal security - Art. 11 Freedom of expression - Justice - Art. 47 Fair trial, public hearing