Politkovskaya murder inquiry inadequate and violated human rights – top court says
By Emil Weber
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on 17 July 2018 that the investigation into the murder of prominent Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya violated the European Convention on Human Rights and was characterised by procedural inadequacies.
Anna Politkovskaya 2005 in Leipzig (copyright: Blaues Sofa, Anna Politkovskaja im Gespräch mit Christhard Läpple, CC BY 2.0)
The Third Section of the court decided, by five votes to two, that the domestic Russian investigation amounted to a violation of Article 2 of the Convention, the right to life.
Politkovskaya worked for the Russian newspaper Nowaja Gazeta, and in 2005 she was awarded the Prize…