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The ICJ expressed concern today over the conviction of lawyer Mikhail Ivanovich Trepashkin to 2 years’ imprisonment for the illegal possession of a gun amidst allegations that the gun had been planted in his car.
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On 18 December 2004, the State Duma approved in the first reading the Draft Law on Countering Terrorism. The draft, which has also been reviewed by the Legal Expert Council, a group of leading Russian human rights lawyers, contains broad definitions of “terrorism“ and...Russia – further erosions of the rule of law through the fight against terrorism
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