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Russia has committed numerous violations of the European Convention for members of the Punk Group Pussy Riot and owes them 37,000 euros in moral damages
. which concerned the conviction and imprisonment of three members of the Punk Riot group for attempting to hold one of their protest rallies at a council meeting in Moscow in 2012.
"Concerning non-pecuniary damage, the Court ruled that Russia had to pay 16 thousand euros Alohin and Tolokonnikaya and 5 thousand In the final document of the ECHR, it was declared that there had been violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman treatment or degrading), in particular under Ukrainian law, Article 5 (right to liberty and security of the person), stereotyped reasons for detention being provided to the national courts within five months, Article 6 ( right to a fair trial / legal aid for own choice), especially the glass partition and the strict guard did not allow group members to communicate with their lawyers, they were not heard during a lawsuit In addition, the judges of the ECtHR found violations of Article 10 (freedom of expression) by the imprisonment of three members of the group.
The court ruled that a reaction to a violation of the rules of conduct at the place of worship was warranted. However, he acknowledged that the imposition of a term of imprisonment for having "been dressed, waving, kicking and using rigorous formulations" was "very harsh".
The ban on access to Internet video violation of Article 10, recognized by the ECtHR. "National courts have not justified why this ban was necessary, they only approved the general conclusions of linguistic expertise without their own analysis," the document says.
As you know, in 2012, five members of the band Pussy Riot Punk in masks near the altar of Church of Christ the Savior in Moscow conducted a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin. Three members of the group Nadiya Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Katerina Samutsevich were arrested, despite public protests. They were sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a general-purpose colony, and later Samutsevich's term was changed to conditional.
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