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European Court of Human Rights : Side by Side International Film Festival and others v. Russia

Dirk Voorhoof (UGent)
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found once more a violation by the Russian State of the right to freedom of expression and information as protected by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The case concerns repeated disruptions of film screenings being held within the framework of an international Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) film festival. The ECtHR found that the Russian authorities and in particular the police did not take any relevant action to investigate successive telephone bomb threats and neither tried to stop the people that were disrupting the film screenings by means of false security alarms. It also found that the State’s failure to react to the disruption of the opening ceremony of the festival in 2018 violated Article 10 ECHR.
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repeated disruptions of film screenings being held within the framework of an international Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) film festival, right to freedom of expression, positive obligation of authorities, violation of Article 10 ECHR, lack of action by authorities in protecting the rights of the LGBT applicants

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Voorhoof, Dirk. “European Court of Human Rights : Side by Side International Film Festival and Others v. Russia.” IRIS (ENGLISH ED. ONLINE), no. 2025–2, 2025, pp. 10–11.
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Voorhoof, D. (2025). European Court of Human Rights : Side by Side International Film Festival and others v. Russia.
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Voorhoof, Dirk. 2025. “European Court of Human Rights : Side by Side International Film Festival and Others v. Russia.” IRIS (ENGLISH ED. ONLINE).
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Voorhoof, Dirk. 2025. “European Court of Human Rights : Side by Side International Film Festival and Others v. Russia.” IRIS (ENGLISH ED. ONLINE).
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Voorhoof D. European Court of Human Rights : Side by Side International Film Festival and others v. Russia. IRIS (ENGLISH ED. ONLINE). 2025. p. 10–1.
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D. Voorhoof, “European Court of Human Rights : Side by Side International Film Festival and others v. Russia,” IRIS (ENGLISH ED. ONLINE), no. 2025–2. pp. 10–11, 2025.
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