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Georgian transgender man appeals to ECHR over gender recognition

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Nikolo with his grandson. Photo: Dato Parulava/OC Media.

A Georgian trans­gen­der man has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after local courts rejected his plea to have his gender changed in official documents without under­go­ing sex reas­sign­ment surgery. [Read more…]

Council of Europe urges Azerbaijan to clear criminal records of activists and opposition figures

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The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers. Official picture.

The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has urged the gov­ern­ment of Azer­bai­jan to abide by its oblig­a­tions and remove all restric­tions on ReAl party leader Ilgar Mammadov and seven others who were deter­mined to be falsely impris­oned.  [Read more…]

Council of Europe ‘concerned’ over Georgia’s queer rights record

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The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers. Official picture.

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has expressed ‘concern’ over Georgia’s failure to uphold the rights of queer people, including the lack of pro­tec­tion for this year’s aborted Tbilisi Pride march. [Read more…]

ECHR orders Russia to pay €1.9 million over Chechnya and Ingushetia disappearances 

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The European Court of Human Rights in Stras­bourg. (Photo: Wikipedia commons)

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered the Russian gov­ern­ment to pay over €1.9 million ($2.1 million) in com­pen­sa­tion to the families of people who dis­ap­peared in Chechnya and Ingushetia in the early 2000s. [Read more…]

A Chechen refugee Poland wants to give up to Russia

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The Grotniki refugee centre (Marcin Stępień /Agencja Gazeta)

Mass exe­cu­tions, murders, abduc­tions, rape, torture, intim­i­da­tion, extortion, forged criminal pro­ceed­ings, monstrous cor­rup­tion — this is what Ramzan Kadyrov’s Chechnya looks like today. The Russian republic is com­plete­ly dis­con­nect­ed from the Russian legal system — with the consent of the Russian author­i­ties.

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Family of slain Pankisi teenager appeals to European Court of Human Rights

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Temirlan Macha­likashvili (facebook)

The family of Temirlan Macha­likashvili, a 19-year-old ethnic Kist from Georgia’s Pankisi Valley killed in a special operation, is taking his case to the European Court of Human Rights. The teenager was fatally shot while in bed in December 2017 during a coun­tert­er­ror sweep in Pankisi. [Read more…]

Azerbaijan’s ‘selective ignoring’ of European Court compensation rulings

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A protest on 19 January in Baku calling for freedom for ‘political prisoners’. (Fargana Novruzova)

Despite the European Court of Human Rights awarding com­pen­sa­tion to dozens of activists and oppo­si­tion figures in Azer­bai­jan, many say the gov­ern­ment is not paying up. [Read more…]

ECHR orders Russia to pay €10 million to more than 1,500 Georgian nationals

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Georgian citizens descend­ing from a cargo plane after being expelled from Russia in 2006 (GPB)

The Russian Fed­er­a­tion must pay Georgia €10 million ($11.5 million) in com­pen­sa­tion for the damages suffered by more than 1,500 Georgian nationals who were arrested, detained, and col­lec­tive­ly expelled from Russia in 2006, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled. [Read more…]

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