The complaint concerns the allegation that the television media coverage of the 2003 parliamentary election campaign was biased as a result of political manipulation by the ruling ‘United Russia’ party.
In this interview, web policy expert Elvana Thaci previews some of the key questions under discussion at EuroDIG in Stockholm, Sweden.
Both cases essentially concerned complaints under Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) about conditions of detention.
Human rights judges have backed a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights group banned from holding a street demonstration in Moldova.
“The relocation into the former chemical factory buildings is clearly not an adequate, alternative housing solution,” the human rights commissioner says. “An effective investigation should be conducted by the Romanian authorities to establish the responsibilities for any damage caused to the health of the people concerned. These people should be provided with reparation.”
