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• Lawyer of a former Red Partisan Vasilij Kononov is planning to call a press conference alleging that Latvia attempts to change verdicts of the Nurnberg tribunal

The lawyer of a former “Red Partisan” Vasilij Kononov sentenced by Latvia for war crimes is planning to call a press conference alleging that Latvia attempts to change verdicts of the Nurnberg tribunal and politicizes Kononov’s case in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). As reported, the ECHR judgment established that Latvia violated Article 7 (no punishment without law) of the European Convention on Human Rights and obliged to pay Kononov EUR 30,000 as compensation for moral damage. Latvia, in its turn, appealed the decision, while Lithuania expressed its will to participate as a third party in the appeal process and to present its own remarks concerning evaluation of legal and historical aspects of the Second World War for the Baltic States.

The lawyer of a former Red Partisan Vasilij Kononov sentenced by Latvia for war crimes is planning to call a press conference alleging that Latvia attempts to change verdicts of the Nurnberg tribunal and politicizes Kononovs case in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). As reported, the ECHR judgment established that Latvia violated Article 7 (no punishment without law) of the European Convention on Human Rights and obliged to pay Kononov EUR 30,000 as compensation for moral damage.Latvia, in its turn, appealed the decision, while Lithuania expressed its will to participate as a third party in the appeal process and to present its own remarks concerning evaluation of legal and historical aspects of the Second World War for the Baltic States. Telegraf