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Russia ordered to pay compensation for deaths and disappearances
Apr 8, 2010, 14:46 GMT
Strasbourg, France - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered Russia on Thursday to pay 700,000 euros (940,000 dollars) in compensation for the deaths or disappearances of 11 people in Chechnya and Dagestan between 2001 and 2005.
The money is to be paid to relatives of the individuals, who were killed or vanished after being arrested during Russian anti-rebel security operations.
One of the victims was 7-year-old Summaya Abdurashidova, who was killed when her family's home in Dagestan was stormed by police in March 2005.
The other victims died or disappeared during military operations in Chechnya.
The ECHR found the Russian state had violated several articles of the European Convention on Human Rights, including Article 2, the right to life, and Article 13, the right to an effective remedy.
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