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Petrov v Bulgaria

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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Petrov v Bulgaria
   
Issue: Whether there were breaches of Arts 8, 13 and 14 ECHR from (i) the blanket monitoring of a prisoner’s correspondence and (ii) the refusal to allow him to have telephone communication with his long-term partner, in contrast to what was permitted for married couples.
   
Court: ECtHR
   
Reference:   15197/02
   
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Judge(s): P Lorenzen (President), S Botoucharova, K Jungwiert, V Butkevych, R Maruste, M Villiger, M Lazarova Trajkovska
   
Date: 22 May 2008