Article 18 - Limitation on use of restrictions on rights
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Khadija Ismayilova v. Azerbaijan (no. 4), nos. 71556/16 and 74112/17
Applicant’s conviction for tax evasion and illegal entrepreneurship for her work as a freelance journalist for foreign media outlets without accreditation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) and Others v. Russia, nos. 13505/20 and 138 others
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.
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Sytnyk v. Ukraine, no. 16497/20
Cumulative circumstances indicating that the predominant ulterior purpose behind the applicant’s prosecution was to personally attack his moral and professional integrity, rather than to prevent corruption in the public service as asserted by the Government.
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