The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) announced on Thursday that it will cease to examine the cases of individuals who report violations of their rights in Russia, the Strasbourg court explaining that it has “already pronounced enough” on this subject, reports AFP.
A total of 879 individual requests are, thus, abandoned.
These refer, among other things, to the “treatment of certain opposition political figures and democratic activists, repressive legislation, restrictions on freedom of expression, including online, detention conditions, immigration, freedom of movement and assembly, as well as the protection of personal data”, as specified by the ECHR.
Russia has been excluded from the Council of Europe, the body from which the ECHR originates, in 2022, following the large-scale invasion of Ukraine, but continues to be held responsible for the acts committed before this date.
Moscow does not recognize any decision of the ECHR and refuses to pay the fines established by the rulings from Strasbourg.