Article 11 - Freedom of assembly and association

Case-Law Guide

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Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) and Others v. Russia, nos. 13505/20 and 138 others

16/12/25

Various measures taken against Aleksey Navalnyy, organisations affiliated with him, his own family members, his associates and their families, namely mass searches of homes and offices; seizure of property during these searches; freezing of bank accounts; registration of one organisation as a “foreign agent”, designation of three organisations as “extremist”, and subsequent disbandment of these organisations.
Judgment

Tsaava and Others v. Georgia [GC], nos. 13186/20 and 4 others

11/12/25

Dispersal of a demonstration, also with the use of kinetic impact projectiles by the police, in front of the Georgian Parliament in June 2019, during which the twenty-six applicants – mostly demonstrators and journalists – were injured.
Judgment | Legal Summary

Mzhavanadze and Rukhadze v. Georgia, nos. 29760/21 and 33931/21

15/07/25

Applicants’ arrest at demonstrations against the outcome of parliamentary elections and Covid-19 pandemic curfew, and subsequent conviction for administrative offence of disobeying lawful police orders.
Judgment

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