18:00, 5 March 2009

Sochi residents are ready to reach European Court in fight for their rights

The residents of the Imereti Valley in Sochi, whose houses turned out to be within the Olympic construction zone, are ready to apply to the European Court on Human Rights in defence of their rights to favourable environment, housing and a choice of place for residence.

"The citizens who should move first filed complaints to the Adler City Court, then - to the Krasnodar Territorial one. They were 22 persons in number, all of them - individuals. They demanded to cancel the order of Governor of the Territory Tkachov about alienation of their land plots for construction of Olympic objects. However, all the claims were rejected, the courts found no violations of the law," said Alik Le, leader of the NGO named "Union of Imereti Residents".

Nevertheless, according to his story, people are full of determination. Those 22 persons who lost at low instances plan to pass through all of them, up to the Supreme Court of Russia, and then apply to the European Court on Human Rights.

Author: Dmitry Florin

Source: CK correspondent