In a unanimous judgment handed down on Tuesday 3 February, the European Court of Human Rights declared that Aleksey Navalnyy’s conviction was a “flagrant denial of justice” and that the conditions in which he was detained seriously affected his life and health.
The Court found violations of the right to life (Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights), the right to liberty and security (Article 5 § 1) and the prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment (Article 3).
It...