Article 18 - Limitation on use of restrictions on rights

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Yuriy Dmitriyev v. Russia, no. 47934/17

31/03/26

Pre-trial detention and criminal proceedings against the former head of the Karelia Regional Branch of the Human Rights Centre Memorial, who was convicted of sexually assaulting his adopted underage daughter.
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Khadija Ismayilova v. Azerbaijan (no. 4), nos. 71556/16 and 74112/17

27/01/26

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.
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Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) and Others v. Russia, nos. 13505/20 and 138 others

16/12/25

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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