Reported cases of political prisoners in the Russian Federation

Amendment No. 5 | Doc. 15545 | 20 June 2022

Signatories:

Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia, SOC ; Ms Krista BAUMANE, Latvia, ALDE ; Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ, Switzerland, SOC ; Mr Gerardo GIOVAGNOLI, San Marino, SOC ; Mr Mogens JENSEN, Denmark, SOC ; Ms Yuliya LOVOCHKINA, Ukraine, SOC ; Mr George PAPANDREOU, Greece, SOC ; Mr Stefan SCHENNACH, Austria, SOC

Origin

2022 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 11, insert the following sentence:

"The European Court of Human Rights has recently held that such liquidation, together with the criminal prosecution of individual Jehovah's Witnesses and other measures applied against them under the law on "extremism", disclosed multiple violations of the Convention, including of the right to liberty and security. The Court has also stated that Russia should take all necessary measures to secure the discontinuation of all pending criminal proceedings against Jehovah's Witnesses, and release of all Jehovah's Witnesses who have been deprived of their liberty."