Strasbourg, February 18 (Interfax) - Russia must pay more than 120,000 euros to two Chechen residents who won their cases, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said on its website on Thursday.
The first lawsuit was filed by the parents of missing Zurab Iriskhanov from the village of Samashki. The parents said their son was taken away in an unknown direction by a group of military servicemen on June 19, 2002, and have not heard from him since then.
The court found that the case is in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights’ provisions about the right to life, the right to effective remedy, the right to freedom and privacy, as well as the prohibition of inhumane and humiliating treatment.
Russia must pay 60,000 euros in damages and 5,500 euros in legal fees to the Iriskhanovs.
The second lawsuit was from the wife of Chechen man Abu Aliyev, also taken away in an unknown direction by an armed group on October 29, 2002.
The court ruled that the case is in violation of the same articles of the Convention and of the ban on illegal detention and the right to be provided with necessary help.
The Russian authorities were ordered to pay to Aliyev’s wife 60,000 euros in damages and 1,650 euros in legal fees.
The court rulings are not final and will only become effective if the losing party does not file an appeal.
