By Editor | Published: May 18, 2010
2010-05-17, Strasbourg, France. The Court rejected an application filed by Vasiliy Kononov against Latvia in respect of Mr. Kononov’s conviction for war crimes perpetrated as a member of a sabotage group of Nazi resistance in Latvia in 1944. He was indicted in 1998 by Latvian prosecutors for murdering civilians during WWII. On 29 February 1944, Nazi [...]
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ECHR: Kononov’s Claim Against Latvia Rejected