European Court of Human Rights
Nabokikh and Others v. Russia, no. 19428/11 and 6 others, 31 January 2023
“… disruption of a religious assembly by the authorities and sanctioning of the applicants for holding “unauthorised” religious events amounts to “interference by a public authority” with the applicants’ right to manifest their religion … religious meetings, even those conducted on rented premises, did not require any prior authorisation from, or notice to, the authorities”
For information on other legal victories, please see below:
- Nasirova et al v. Uzbekistan, communications Nos. 3089/2017 and 3092-3093/2018, Views of 13 October 2023 (CCPR).
- Huseynova et al v. Azerbaijan, communication No. 2832/2016, Views of 14 July 2023 (CCPR).
- Mursalov et al v. Azerbaijan, communication No. 3153/2018, Views of 1 November 2022 (CCPR).
- Dashkouski v. Belarus, communication No. 2616/2015, Views of 1 July 2022 (CCPR).
- Niftaliyev and Others v. Azerbaijan (dec.), no. 561/12, 5 May 2022 (ECHR).
- Niftaliyev et al v. Azerbaijan, communication No. 3094/2018, Views of 15 March 2022 (CCPR).
- Cheprunovy and Others v. Russia, nos. 74320/10 and 4 others, 22 February 2022 (ECHR).
- Bagirov v. Azerbaijan (dec.), no. 41832/15, 30 January 2020 (ECHR).
- Valiyev and Others v. Azerbaijan (dec.), no. 42651/11, 3 September 2020 (ECHR).
- The Religious Denomination of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Bulgaria v. Bulgaria, no. 5301/11, 10 November 2020 (ECHR).
- Religious Community of Jehovah’s Witnesses of Kryvyi Rih’s Ternivsky District v. Ukraine, no. 21477/10, 3 September 2019 (ECHR).
- Association for Solidarity with Jehovah’s Witnesses and Others v. Turkey, nos. 36915/10 and 8606/13, 24 May 2016 (ECHR).
- Pentidis and Others v. Greece, 9 June 1997, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1997-III (ECHR).
- Manoussakis and Others v. Greece, 26 September 1996, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996-IV (ECHR).