They considered that Patriarch Maxim, who had been leading the Church since 1971 and had been nominated by the Communist Party, had been proclaimed Patriarch in violation of traditional canons and the

The applicants’ children had been subjected to extremely poor conditions: they had had insufficient quantities of food, medicines, clothes and bed linen and lived in rooms that were inadequately heated

, the applicants had asked to inspect the case file and – after admittedly unjustifiable delays – had been sent the relevant documents and had then appealed against the acquittal, six years after it had

The applicant had been informed that a municipal administrator and his family had been killed because they had worked against the rebels.

The applicant had been informed that a municipal administrator and his family had been killed because they had worked against the rebels.

Mr Skarzhinskiy further told that Abdulkasim Zaurbekov had left the premises of the VOVD after he had received his salary.

Although the appeal court had acknowledged that those orders had been unlawful, it had not remedied the violation.

She had naturally been agitated and angered by their actions, as she had not understood what was going on but had remained calm and had not threatened anybody.

    The applicants complained that if their sons had been charged with any criminal offence, they had had no fair hearing and had been unable to avail themselves of the guarantees of Article

had told him that he had been beaten up.

not been taken or, if taken, had not yet been executed or had been executed in part.

When he had got outside, he had met the second applicant, who had explained to him that armed men in camouflage uniforms and masks had taken away Magomed Dudarov and that the abductors had driven an ARV

He had organised a search of the canteen and had then found him locked inside the toilet. He had called A.T.’s name, but no response had followed.

He had last seen him in June 1999 and Suleyman had complained that for a long time no investigative action had taken place.

hangers had been found in the office where the alleged ill-treatment had taken place.

had been deficient because of the negligence of the doctors who had treated him.

In the instant case the applicant had had formal access to a procedure enabling her to secure a finding of liability against the doctor who had operated on her and, if appropriate, to obtain compensation

The domestic courts had ordered it to conclude written licence agreements with the defendant organisations in the domestic proceedings and had set certain terms and conditions which in turn had entailed

However, they had considered the interference disproportionate since their conviction had concerned only a lack of authorisation and had not taken into account the peaceful nature of the demonstration.