Article 18 - Limitation on use of restrictions on rights
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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
Article 18 in conjunction with Articles 6 and 8: 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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Kezerashvili v. Georgia, no. 11027/22
Article 18 in conjunction with Article 6: criminal conviction of a former politician allegedly for political motives.
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