02/07/2009 - European Court of Human Rights rejects Russia's request for reconsideration of Aleksanyan case
ECHR judgment in Aleksanyan v. Russia now final.
22/12/2008 - European Court of Human Rights orders Russia to release AIDS prisoner
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held in a judgment issued today, 22nd December 2008, that the continued detention of Vasily Aleksanyan by the Russian authorities is ‘unacceptable’.
28/02/2008 - Ninety-nine weeks later, Vasily Aleksanyan still held in inhumane unsanitary conditions
Lawyers demand immediate improvements in his conditions and transfer to a dedicated, sterile and well managed unit for AIDS patients in accordance with the repeated decisions of the European Court.
18/02/2008 - Continuous video surveillance, handcuffed to a bed 24 hours a day: the new treatment regime for Vasily Aleksanyan
After 683 days in pre-trial detention and 9 days without access to his lawyers following his transfer to a medical facility in Moscow, Vasily Aleksanyan tells of his new plight.
11/02/2008 - LAWYERS STILL LACK ACCESS TO ALEKSANYAN
Responding to recent press speculation regarding the transfer of Vasily Aleksanyan to a civilian hospital, Drew Holiner, Mr Aleksanyan’s representative at the European Court of Human Rights issued the following statement.
07/02/2008 - Media Reports of Transfer Unconfirmed
Russian and respected international media are reporting that Vasily Aleksanyan will be moved today to a clinic to receive treatment. In some of the most recent reports the Federal Prison Service has suggested that it is in discussion with the Moscow Health Department as which clinic will be selected. As far as we are aware, Vasily has not yet been transferred to an appropriate facility and his treatment has not yet commenced.
The situation is developing. We will confirm the exact status when we have received formal confirmation.
06/02/2008 - Russian Court once again refuses Aleksanyan treatment as decided by European Court of Human Rights
Responding to today's ludicrous judgement by the Moscow Simonovsky Court, which further jeopardises the life of Vasily Aleksanyan, Drew Holiner, his lawyer at the European Court, issued the following statement.
01/02/2008 - MP tables EDM supporting Vasily Aleksanyan
MP Malcom Bruce has tabled the following Early Day Motion in the UK parliament.
31/01/2008 - Detention of Aleksanyan in defiance of European Court decision, contrary to both international and Russian law
"Vasily Aleksanyan, my client and the former Executive Vice President of Yukos Oil Company, is currently being detained in remand contrary to the binding decision of the European Court of Human Rights repeated on four separate occasions, and most recently on 28 January 2008 that the Russian Government must immediately transfer Mr Aleksanyan to a hospital specialised in the treatment of AIDS.
30/01/2008 - European Court sets March deadline for Russia to respond to Aleksanyan case; reaffirms injunction requiring his transfer to AIDS hospital for life-saving treatment
Lawyers for Vasiliy Aleksanyan, the former vice-president of Yukos, currently being detained and awaiting trial by the Russian government, have welcomed the decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to accelerate his case.
29/01/2008 - Vasily Aleksanyan, former executive vice president of YUKOS, is dying from HIV AIDS in a Russian jail cell, deprived of life-saving treatment despite repeated injunctions of the European Court of Human Rights.
Russia ignores repeated injunctions from the European Court of Human Rights to release political prisoner for life-saving medical treatment.
29/01/2008 - Vasiliy Aleksanyan Denies Receiving Treatment Necessary To Save His Life
Vasiliy Aleksanyan, the former vice-president of Yukos, currently being detained and awaiting trial by the Russian government, has been consistently denied access to the medical assistance necessary to save his life, despite repeated injunctions from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
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