Criminal conviction of a former politician allegedly for political motives.
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Administrative practices in Crimea resulting in multiple human rights violations.
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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 taken 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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