Z.A. AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA - 61411/15 (Judgment : Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Deprivation of liberty Lawful arrest or detention Artic...)

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� Helena J�derblom, President, ��������� Branko Lubarda, ��������� Helen Keller, ��������� Dmitry Dedov, ��������� Pere Pastor Vilanova, ��������� Alena Pol�čkov�, ��������� Georgios A. Serghides, judges, and Stephen Phillips, Section Registrar,

The case originated in four applications (nos. 61411/15 , 61420/15, 61427/15, and 3028/16) against the Russian Federation lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by four individuals (�the applicants�). The applicants� nationalities and other details, as well as the dates on which they lodged their applications, are set out in the �Facts� section below. The President of the Section decided that the names of the first three applicants should not be disclosed (Rule 47 � 4 of the Rules of Court).

The applicants were represented by Ms E. Davidyan and Ms D. Trenina, lawyers practising in Moscow. The Russian Government (�the Government�) were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin, Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Court of Human Rights.