The European Times' contemporary report that the European Court of Human Rights, on 7 June 2022, ruled that Russia's 2017 nationwide ban on Jehovah's Witnesses and the 2009 dissolution of its Taganrog local organization violated Articles 9, 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Protocol 1's property protections, consolidating twenty applications from 1,444 individual and organizational applicants filed between 2010 and 2019. Records the court's order that Russia discontinue pending criminal proceedings, release imprisoned Witnesses, and return confiscated property or pay compensation, and gives the exact damages figures, 59,617,458 euros in pecuniary damages and 3,447,250 euros in non-pecuniary damages.
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Reliability Tier2
An independent European news outlet's contemporary report on the court's own judgment, published under a general newsdesk byline with no individual journalist named, tier 2 for a primary account naming the exact articles violated and the damages figures, corroborated independently by the Bitter Winter account below. NotesUsed for the judgment date, the articles found violated, the applicant count, and the two damages figures.
Citation
PublisherThe European Times
Publication Year2022
URLhttps://europeantimes.news/2022/06/russia-strasbourg-rules-russias-ban-on-jehovahs-witnesses-in-2017-is-unlawful/
Source Typenews
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This source names Jehovah's Witnesses directly: "that Russia's 2017 nationwide ban on Jehovah's Witnesses and the 2009 dissolution of its Taganrog local organization violated Articles 9, 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights and..."
This source names Russia directly: "Rights, on 7 June 2022, ruled that Russia's 2017 nationwide ban on Jehovah's Witnesses and the 2009 dissolution of its Taganrog local organization violated Articles 9, 10 and 11 of the European..."
Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)
This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Spread Events, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
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