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- Title
Kovaļkovs v Latvia.
- Authors
GILES, JESSICA
- Abstract
Human Rights -- Religion or belief -- Interference with -- Applicant convicted and sentenced to six years imprisonment for armed robbery -- Once in prison undertaking bible study course but also performing fundamental rituals of Vaishnavism including prayer, meditation and reading of literature -- Prison authority finding and confiscating incense sticks -- Refusing applicant's request for single cell in order to perform rituals of Vaishnavism undisturbed by other prisoners -- Whether prisoner's choice to educate themselves on religious or other topics relevant to assessment by court of prisoner's adherence to one particular belief system -- Whether prisoner victim of alleged infringement of freedom of religion -- Whether interference with freedom of religion -- Whether limitations on prisoner's freedom necessary in a democratic society -- European Convention on Human Rights, art 9.
- Subjects
LATVIA; RELIGIOUS life of prisoners
- Publication
Oxford Journal of Law & Religion, 2012, Vol 1, Issue 2, p542
- ISSN
2047-0770
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ojlr/rws016