The ECHR ruled the liquidation of the "Council of Teips of the Ingush People" illegal.

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The European Court of Human Rights has declared the liquidation of the "Council of Teips of the Ingush People" in 2020 illegal, as well as the fine imposed on its chairman, Murat Daskiev, in 2019.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported, on March 27, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ingushetia, at the request of the Ministry of Justice, ruled to liquidate the public movement "Council of Teips of the Ingush People", and in July of the same year, the Third Court of Appeal in Sochi upheld This decision is unfounded. In December 2020, the Memorial Human Rights Center* filed a complaint with the ECHR in defense of the liquidated center. In 2019, the acting head of the Council of Teips of the Ingush People, Murat Daskiev, was fined 15,000 rubles for disseminating "fake news." The court found the publication of an appeal to members of the Ingush parliament on the Council of Teips' website to be fake news. The appeal, which raised, among other things, the issue of the territorial jurisdiction of the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia, was considered fake news. The defense insisted that it had a document confirming the veracity of Daskiev's information. The fine was appealed to the ECHR.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled the liquidation of the Council of Teips of the Ingush People and the administrative fine imposed on its chairman, Murat Daskiev, unlawful, the Memorial Human Rights Center* reported on January 26.

The ECHR concluded that Russian courts overly broadly interpreted extremism legislation and failed to assess the proportionality of the punishment. The court also found that the authorities persecuted the center for the legitimate expression of political opinion, despite the lack of real evidence of incitement to violence. The decision cited a violation of Article 10 (freedom of expression) and Article 11 (freedom of association) of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Council of Teips of the Ingush People was awarded €7,500 in compensation.

As for Murat Daskiev, the ECHR found a violation of Articles 6 (right to a fair trial) and 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights in his case and awarded him €7,500 in compensation.

It should be noted that on September 16, 2022, Russia ceased to be a party to the European Convention on Human Rights. However, the ECHR stated that it retains jurisdiction to consider complaints against the Russian Federation, provided that they occurred prior to that date. Previously, on March 16, 2022, due to Russia's withdrawal from the Council of Europe, the ECHR suspended its consideration of complaints from Russia. Moreover, cases submitted by Russians to the ECHR before March 16, 2022, must be considered, and decisions made before this date must be executed, analysts noted.

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