The applicant, Ghennadii Vartic, is a Moldovan national who was born in 1973 and is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence in Jilava Prison (Romania). Relying in particular on Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience, and religion), he complained that during his detention in Rahova Prison from April to May 1998 and from 9 to 21 February 2009 the prison authorities had refused to provide him with a vegetarian diet as required by his Buddhist convictions.
- Violation of Article 9
- Just satisfaction: € 3,000 (non-pecuniary damage) and € 200 (costs and expenses)
Press release ECHR 369 (2013) 17/12/2013
Religion – Weltanschauung – Recht [ RWR ] 
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