KARELSKIY AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA - 66856/14 (Judgment : Freedom of assembly and association : Third Section Committee)

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

��������� Helen Keller, President, ��������� Mar�a El�segui, ��������� Ana Maria Guerra Martins, judges, and Olga Chernishova, Deputy Section Registrar,

the applications (nos. 66856/14 and 33606/15) 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 ten Russian nationals (�the applicants�), on the dates indicated in the Appendix;

the decision to give notice of the applications to the Russian Government (�the Government�);

On 21 February 2014 the applicants participated in a spontaneous gathering in front of the Zamoskvoretskiy District Court of Moscow where they came to attend a public hearing involving activists who were on trial in relation to mass disorders at Bolotnaya Square in Moscow on 6 May 2012. They were arrested during the gathering and convicted of administrative offences.