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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered a judgment on 3 December 2024 concerning allegations of the Russian state’s inadequate response to incidents of homophobic speech. Four applicants alleged that the Russian authorities failed to comply with their duty under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to protect them from discrimination based on their sexual orientation. The ECtHR found a violation of Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) in combination with Article 8 ECHR (right to privacy) with regard to the unsuccessful legal actions against the homophobic...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found a violation by the Russian state of the right to freedom of expression and information as protected by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The case concerns repeated disruptions of film screenings being held within the framework of an international Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) film festival. The ECtHR found that the Russian authorities and, in particular, the police did not take any relevant action to investigate successive telephone bomb threats, nor did they try to stop the people that were disrupting...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found once more gross and systemic violations by the Russian state of the right to freedom of expression and freedom of association as protected by Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). 107 applicants, including human rights organisations, media outlets and journalists, had complained about measures and sanctions in the application of the Foreign Agents Act of 2012, as amended in 2017, 2019 and 2020 and the Federal Law No. 255-FZ of 14 July 2022 that repealed and replaced all previous “foreign agent”...

In its judgment in the case of Ukraine v. Russia, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) highlighted the repression of freedom of expression and media freedom in Russia-occupied Crimea since 27 February 2014. The Court’s finding of systemic violations of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is part of other gross or large-scale violations by Russia of several provisions of the ECHR and its additional Protocols, including of Article 2 (right to life), Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman treatment), Article 5 (prohibition of unlawful deprivation...

In May 2024, the Council of the EU suspended the broadcasting activities of four additional media outlets (Voice of Europe, RIA Novosti, Izvestia and Rossiyskaya Gazeta). According to the Council, they were spreading and supporting Russian propaganda.  Following this recent EU decision, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on 25 June 2024. It introduced countermeasures, limiting access to broadcasting resources in the Russian Federation for EU national and pan-European media outlets. It amounts in total to 81 media outlets. For instance, looking at some of the founding member...