New legislation restricting missionary work breached the European Convention

 In today’s Chamber judgment1 in the case of Ossewaarde v. Russia (application no. 27227/17) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been: a violation of Article 9 (freedom of religion) of the European Convention on Human Rights, and a violation of Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European Convention taken in conjunction with Article 9. The case […]

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