The European Human Rights Court slaps Latvia's wrists for barring Russian-speaker from running for electionby Victor Gomez PRAGUE, Czech Republic--The European Court of Human Rights ruled on 9 April that Latvia violated the European Convention on Human Rights when local officials barred Ingrida Podkolzina from running as a candidate in the country's 1998 parliamentary elections. […]

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