Baku / 18.01.18 / Turan: On January 18, the European Court of Human Rights granted a complaint about the rights of journalist Mushfig Huseynov, convicted in Azerbaijan.
The court found violation of the Articles 5.3 and 6.2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (Guarantee of Liberty and Fair Trial) and ordered Huseynov to pay 4,000 euros compensation, Turan's lawyer Samira Agayeva said.
Mushfig Huseynov was convicted in 2007 for bribery. In 2009, he was pardoned. The complaint to the European Court was sent in 2008, communication on the case was completed in 2016.-03B-
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