Communicated on 4 December 2019
FIFTH SECTION
Application no. 45660/17
Dimcho Yordanov DIMOV and others against Bulgaria
and 14 other applications
(see list appended)
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
These fifteen applications concern complaints under Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention as a result of the impossibility for the applicants to vote in different legislative elections – in particular, in the elections for Bulgarian Parliament held on 26 March 2017 and the elections for European Parliament held on 26 May 2019 – because they were convicted prisoners effectively serving their sentences at the time the elections were held.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
Has there been a breach of the applicants’ right under Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention to vote in free elections which ensure the free expression of the opinion of the people in the choice of legislature (see Kulinski and Sabev v. Bulgaria, no. 63849/09, §§ 10–22, 21 July 2016 and, also, Anchugov and Gladkov v. Russia, nos. 11157/04 and 15162/05, 4 July 2013 and Resolution CM/ResDH(2019)240 in respect of related developments), as regards the election for Bulgarian Parliament held on 26 March 2017 in respect of the applicants in the first to the eleventh applications (see appendix), and as regards the election for European Parliament held on 26 May 2019 in respect of the applicants in the first, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth applications?
APPENDIX
No.
Appl. no.
Case name
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of Birth
Place of Residence
Nationality
Represented by
1
45660/17
Dimov and Others v. Bulgaria
13/06/2017
Dimcho Yordanov DIMOV
04/05/1968
Belene
Bulgarian
Asen Todorov SABEV
21/04/1977
Sofia
Bulgarian
Ivan Gospodinov IVANOV
13/12/1990
Belene
Bulgarian
Kosta Rumenov KIROV
10/07/1980
Sofia
Bulgarian
Todor Petrov STAMENOV
18/03/1976
Sofia
Bulgarian
Ivaylo Rumenov ZHIVKOV
22/05/1980
Sofia
Bulgarian
Krasimir Ivanov KANEV
2
70103/17
Zashev v. Bulgaria
20/09/2017
Yuliyan Lyubomirov ZASHEV
18/10/1975
Sofia
Bulgarian
3
70313/17
Ivanov v. Bulgaria
20/09/2017
Borislav Dimitrov IVANOV
25/02/1964
Sofia
Bulgarian
4
70333/17
Neshkov v. Bulgaria
20/09/2017
Svetlomir Nikolov NESHKOV
20/12/1971
Sofia
Bulgarian
5
70340/17
Aziz v. Bulgaria
20/09/2017
Nazam Nazmi AZIZ
27/05/1981
Pazardzhik
Bulgarian
6
70356/17
Eftimov v. Bulgaria
20/09/2017
Ivaylo Miletiev EFTIMOV
15/01/1974
Sofia
Bulgarian
7
70362/17
Dimitrov v. Bulgaria
20/09/2017
Daniel Dimitrov DIMITROV
25/07/1974
Sofia
Bulgarian
8
70370/17
Sabev v. Bulgaria
20/09/2017
Miroslav Sabev SABEV
22/10/1966
Pleven
Bulgarian
9
70399/17
Nikolov v. Bulgaria
20/09/2017
Vladimir Veselinov NIKOLOV
13/07/1975
Sofia
Bulgarian
10
71540/17
Manolov v. Bulgaria
21/09/2017
Dragomir Tanev MANOLOV
04/03/1982
Sofia
Bulgarian
Svetlana Draganova IVANOVA
11
73440/17
Prokopiev v. Bulgaria
20/09/2017
Prokopiy Iliev PROKOPIEV
12/10/1972
Sofia
Bulgarian
12
37467/19
Valev v. Bulgaria
03/07/2019
Georgi Valev VALEV
09/01/1958
Pleven
Bulgarian
13
44641/19
Veysyalov v. Bulgaria
16/08/2019
Kyazim Asanov VEYSYALOV
13/04/1973
Lovech
Bulgarian
14
44726/19
Hasan v. Bulgaria
16/08/2019
Halil Adem HASAN
14/04/1973
Lovech
Bulgarian
15
48629/19
Kulinski v. Bulgaria
05/09/2019
Krum Yordanov KULINSKI
25/10/1970
Buhovo
Bulgarian
Krasimir Ivanov KANEV
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