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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Article 18 in conjunction with Article 6: criminal conviction of a former politician allegedly for political motives.
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Article 18 in conjunction with Articles 5, 6, 8,10 and 11: administrative practices in Crimea resulting in multiple human rights violations.
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Article 18 in conjunction with Article 5: pre-trial detention of an opposition leader.
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​Article 18 in conjunction with Article 8: revocation of prominent human rights lawyer’s residence permit.
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Article 18 in conjunction with Article 5: deprivation of liberty with ulterior purpose of punishing the applicant for arranging a conference and refusing to attend a meeting with the Chechen President.
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Article 18 in conjunction with Article 8: judge’s suspension predominantly aiming to sanction and dissuade him from verifying lawfulness of appointment of judges on recommendation of reformed National Council of the Judiciary.
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Article 18 in conjunction with Article 6: prosecution allegedly politically motivated. 
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Article 18 in conjunction with Article 10: disciplinary sanctions against a judge in retaliation against her criticism of the Supreme Judicial Council and the executive.
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Article 18 in conjunction with Article 2 of Protocol No. 4 and with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1: freezing of bank accounts and travel bans intended to paralyse an NGO’s human-rights work.
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Article 18 in conjunction with Article 5: alleged pre-trial detention ordered for a purpose not prescribed by the Convention.
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Article 18 in conjunction with Article 5 § 3: pre-trial detention of opposition activists predominantly aiming to punish and silence them for active involvement in anti-government demonstrations.
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Article 18 in conjunction with Article 5: member of parliament (MP) prevented from discharging his duties as a result of his prolonged pre-trial detention, for the purpose of stifling pluralism.
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Article 18 in conjunction with Article 5 and Article 18 in conjunction with Article 10: pre-trial detention of an investigative journalist critical of government policy.
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Article 18 in conjunction with Article 5 and Article 18 in conjunction with Article 10: prolonged detention of journalists/publishers owing to unreasonable equation of their editorial stance with propaganda in favour of terrorist organisations, without an identifiable ulterior purpose.
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Article 18 in conjunction with Article 5: complaint under Article 18 not representing a fundamental aspect of the case.
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Article 18 in conjunction with Article 5: unsubstantiated allegations of ulterior purpose behind applicant’s arrest and detention.
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Article 18 in conjunction with Article 5: detention of a well-known investigative journalist and government critic in order to silence and punish her for her journalistic activities.
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Article 18 in conjunction with Article 5: detention of opposition activists in order to punish them for painting anti-government graffiti.
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Article 18 in conjunction with Article 8: unavailability of long-term visits in the remand prison.
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