RJI submits observations to the Committee of Ministers concerning execution of the judgment Tangiyev v Russia

On 29 July 2015 RJI submitted observations to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoM) concerning execution of the judgment of the Court in Tangiyev v Russia. The submission reported on the final outcome of the applicant’s re-trial in Russia following the decision of the Russian Supreme Court of December 2013 to quash the applicant’s conviction and send his case for re-examination before ...
Modified: 29/07/2015
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Two years after ECtHR judgment, Supreme Court upholds new conviction of torture victim

The Russian Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of Timur Tangiyev following his re-trial before the Supreme Court of Chechnya, which was plagued with procedural and other irregularities, said “Russian Justice Initiative”. The re-trial was ordered on 25 December 2013 by the Russian Supreme Court, after quashing ...
Modified: 26/03/2015
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European Court condemns Russia for torture and resulting unfair trial of Chechen resident sentenced to 24 years of imprisonment

... confessions obtained under torture of a Chechen resident sentenced to 24 years of imprisonment for murder and participation in an armed criminal gang, Russian Justice Initiative reported today. The applicant in the case of Tangiev v Russia , Timur Tangiyev, was arrested at his home in Grozny on 11 April 2003 and taken to the Staropromyslovsky district police station and thereafter to the notorious Operational Search Bureau No. 2 (ORB-2) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where over the course ...
Modified: 11/12/2012
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