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The European Court of Human Rights unanimously held that Latvia’s removal of applicant Tatjana Ždanoka from the candidate list for its 2018 parliamentary elections did not violate Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 of the European Convention of Human Rights, on Thursday. Ždanoka was barred on the grounds of Article 5(6) of Latvia’s Parliamentary Elections Act [...]