The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) accepted a complaint of Giyas Ibrahimov and Bayram Mammadov, the youth activists convicted in Azerbaijan.
The complaint is related to the use of torture during pre-trial detention and arbitrary arrest. Their interests in court represent the lawyers Elchin Sadigov and Zibeyda Sadigova.
According to Elchin Sadygov, the complaint raises questions of violation of rights activists, guaranteed by the Article 3 (prohibition of torture), 6 (right to liberty and security), 10 (freedom of expression) and 18 (Limitation on use of restrictions on rights) of the European Convention for Human Rights and Freedoms. The lawyers further appealed to the ECHR requesting decide to consider complaints on a priority basis in accordance with Rule 41 of the Rules of Court.
Talking into account that the Article 36 of the Convention allows the participation of third parties in the consideration of complaints, the lawyers appealed to the international human rights organizations to appeal to the ECHR requesting the involvement of complaints from Mammadov and Ibrahimov.
* Activists of NIDA Movement were arrested the next day after the political slogans painted on the monument to Heydar Aliyev in the center of Baku. However, they were accused of large-scale drug trafficking, and sentenced to 10 years in prison each. Local human rights organizations have recognized them as political prisoners.
Human rights organizations Amnesty International called both activists "prisoners of conscience".- 06D –
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