ECtHR dismisses Zara Murtazalieva's complaint

The Strasbourg Court did not find any violations in the case of Zara Murtazalieva, a native of Chechnya, who filed a complaint about violation in Russia of her right to a fair trial.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Zara Murtazalieva was found guilty of plotting a series of terror acts in the territory of Moscow and involving persons in their commission. On January 17, 2005, the Moscow City Court sentenced her to nine years of imprisonment. In March of 2005, the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia reduced her sentence by six months. Zara Murtazalieva was released on September 3, 2012.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has pronounced the decision according to which in the Zara Murtazalieva's case, Paragraphs 1 and 3 (b) of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the right to a fair trial and the right to have enough time and facilities to prepare a defence) were not violated, the RIA "Novosti" reports.

Zara Murtazalieva has three months to appeal against the ECtHR's decision, reports Kirill Koroteyev, her representative in Strasbourg. According to him, Zara Murtazalieva has not yet decided whether she will use the above right, since the Strasbourg Court has dismissed her main complaint about the refusal to interrogate a policeman, whom Zara Murtazalieva believes to be a person who had fabricated the case against her, the radio station "Echo of Moscow" reports.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.