Russia violated the convention of the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) more times than any other country in 2015, Russian weekly newspaper Novaya Gazeta reports.
Human rights abuses in Russia have long been cause for concern among international organizations and earlier this week Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a damning assessment of the worsening conditions for anti-government and independent groups in the country. “The Kremlin is encouraging an atmosphere of anti-Western hysteria, witch hunts, and intimidation to silence critics,” said HRW’s Russia program director Tanya Lokshina.
Over the course of last year, the ECHR ruled on 832 cases of …read more
Source: Newsweek
