Baku / 07.11.19 / Turan: The European Court of Human Rights today announced a decision on the complaint of the Executive Secretary of the REAL party, Natig Jafarli.
The ECHR has ordered the Azerbaijani government to pay Jafarli compensation for moral damages and reimbursement of legal expenses totaling 17 thousand euros.
It is noteworthy that the ECHR found a violation of Jafarli’s rights, among others, also under the Article 18 (Limits of use of restrictions on rights), which means confirmation of persecution for political reasons.
In general, the Strasbourg court very rarely applies this Article.
According to it, the ECHR admitted violation of the rights of the leader of REAL Ilgar Mammadov, human rights activists Rasul Jafarov, Intigam Aliyev, Anar Mammadli and several activists of the NİDA movement and several other people from the post-Soviet space.
In addition, the ECHR found violations of Jafarli's rights under Article 3 (prohibition of torture), 5 (right to liberty and security of person) and 11 (right to association) of the European Convention.
Jafarli’s complaint was related to the initiation of a criminal case against him in 2014, repeated interrogations, and the arrest in August 2016 on charges of illegal business and abuse of power.
Although Jafarli was released a month later, but within a year he could not leave the borders of Baku in connection with a non-departure subscription.
Only in August 2017 did the prosecutor general's office close the case.
Jafarli himself is satisfied with the decision of the ECHR, and in particular, the recognition of his arrest for political reasons.
He noted that in total, the ECHR adopted 10 decisions on Azerbaijan and four of them concern REAL activists.
In his opinion, the ECHR’s confirmation of the political persecution of the opposition is a serious message to the authorities on the need to fight with opponents in the language of force and arrests. –16D-
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