Article 6 Criminal - Right to a fair trial

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Lacote v. Belgium, no. 17596/23

10/09/26

Applicant’s inability to have two prosecution witnesses examined during a retrial before the Court of assizes that resulted in his conviction for murder.
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Kavala v. Türkiye (no. 2) [GC], no. 2170/24

25/08/26

Criminal conviction of the applicant, a businessman and human rights defender, relating to his involvement in the Gezi Park events, and continued detention of the applicant, contrary to the Court’s two previous judgments in this matter.
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Marinakis v. Greece, nos. 25916/18 and 37429/18

23/06/26

Unofficial announcements (“non-papers”) issued by the Prime Minister’s press office, and statements by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Defence allegedly violating the presumption of innocence regarding the applicant, a prominent businessman, while criminal proceedings against him for drug trafficking were pending.
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