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Taranenko v Russia: ECHR 15 May 2014

The Court considered the question of the proportionality of a sentence imposed for crime committed in the course of peaceful protest.

Citations:

19554/05 – Chamber Judgment, [2014] ECHR 485

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

European Convention on Human Rights

Jurisdiction:

Human Rights

Cited by:

Full JudgmentTaranenko v Russia (Summary) ECHR 15-May-2014
Article 10-1
Freedom of expression
Article 11-1
Freedom of peaceful assembly
One year’s detention pending trial and three year suspended sentence prison for involvement in protest against President: violation
Facts . .
CitedRoberts and Others v Regina CACD 6-Dec-2018
Sentencing of Political Protesters
The defendants appealed against sentences for causing a public nuisance. They had been protesting against fracking by climbing aboard a lorry and blocking a main road for several days.
Held: The appeals from immediate custodial sentences were . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Human Rights

Updated: 13 July 2022; Ref: scu.525825

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