Dmytro Gordon v Russia

BCL partner Shaul Brazil and associate Evgeni Voznoi represented the well-known Ukrainian journalist and political commentator Dmytro Gordon in his successful application to the European Court of Human Rights.

The case of Novaya Gazeta and Others v. Russia (applications nos. 11884/22 and 161 others) concerned legislation introduced in Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, making it an offence to "discredit the military" or spread "fake news" about its actions. All the individual applicants in the case were convicted under the new legislation either in criminal or administrative proceedings and Novaya Gazeta and Dozhd TV, two independent media organisations, were shut down. In a unanimous judgment, the Court has today (11 February 2025) found Russia to be in breach of Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights.