European Court to review the case of Ilgar Mamedov out of turn
On 9 April, the European Court of Human Rights began to communicate in the case of the arrest of Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of Real Movement. According to the lawyer, Fuad Agayev, the European Court has sent to the Azerbaijani government a number of issues related to this case. The authorities have to send the answers to Strasbourg before June 18.
The complaint was filed in February due to numerous and serious violations of Ilgar Mamedov’s rights by the Prosecutor's Office, Investigation Department, Ministry of Interior, and local courts.
The complaint alleges a violation of the following Articles: 5 (right to liberty), 6 (2) (presumption of innocence), 13 (right to an effective remedy), 14 (prohibition of discrimination), and 18 (limits on use of restrictions on rights) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Agayev said.
The government accused Ilgar Mamedov of the organizing the unrest in the city of Ismailli on January 23-24. However, the absurdity of the charges was so obvious that the Secretary General of the Council of Europe twice personally called the lawyers of Ilgar Mamedov, and was interest in the course of investigation. He also will made a separate statement demanding the immediate release of Mamedov. -02D-
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