The ECHR judgment of June 27, 2019 in the case of Khasanov and Others v. Russia (application N 28634/11 and five other applications).
In 2011, the applicants were assisted in preparing applications. Subsequently, the applications were combined and communicated by the Russian Federation.
The case has successfully examined applications that the applicants were unjustly convicted of crimes related to drug trafficking because they committed them as a result of incitement by law enforcement officials. In the case, there was a violation of the requirements of paragraph 1 of Article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
In their applications, the applicants complained that they had been unjustly convicted of crimes related to drug trafficking, as they had been committed as a result of incitement by law enforcement officials.
On June 27, 2019, according to the applications filed by the applicants, the Court unanimously ruled that in the present case the Russian authorities had violated the requirement of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (right to a fair trial).