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.
Judgment
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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Kezerashvili v. Georgia, no. 11027/22
Criminal conviction of a former politician allegedly for political motives.
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Ukraine v. Russia (re Crimea) [GC], nos. 20958/14 and 38334/18
Administrative practices in Crimea resulting in multiple human rights violations.
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Kogan and Others v. Russia, no. 54003/20
Revocation of prominent human rights lawyer’s residence permit.
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Kutayev v. Russia, no. 17912/15
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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Juszczyszyn v. Poland, no. 35599/20
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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Miroslava Todorova v. Bulgaria, no. 40072/13
Disciplinary sanctions against a judge in retaliation against her criticism of the Supreme Judicial Council and the executive.
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Democracy and Human Rights Resource Centre and Mustafayev v. Azerbaijan, nos. 74288/14 and 64568/16
Freezing of bank accounts and travel bans intended to paralyse an NGO’s human-rights work.
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Ahmet Hüsrev Altan v. Turkey, no. 13252/17
Alleged pre-trial detention ordered for a purpose not prescribed by the Convention.
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Azizov and Novruzlu v. Azerbaijan, nos. 65583/13 and 70106/13
Pre-trial detention of opposition activists predominantly aiming to punish and silence them for active involvement in anti-government demonstrations.
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Selahattin Demirtaş v. Turkey (no. 2) [GC], no. 14305/17
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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Şık v. Turkey (no. 2), no. 36493/17
Pre-trial detention of an investigative journalist critical of government policy.
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Sabuncu and Others v. Turkey, no. 23199/17
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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Udaltsov v. Russia, no. 76695/11
Complaint under Article 18 not representing a fundamental aspect of the case.
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Mirgadirov v. Azerbaijan and Turkey, no. 62775/14
Unsubstantiated allegations of ulterior purpose behind applicant’s arrest and detention.
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Khadija Ismayilova v. Azerbaijan (no. 2), no. 30778/15
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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Ibrahimov and Mammadov v. Azerbaijan, nos. 63571/16 and 5 others
Detention of opposition activists in order to punish them for painting anti-government graffiti.
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Khodorkovskiy and Lebedev v. Russia (no. 2), nos. 51111/07 and 42757/07
Unavailability of long-term visits in the remand prison.
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