Baku / 28.09.17 / Turan: The European Court of Human Rights issued on September 28 another decision against the Azerbaijani government. In particular, the complaint of the representative of the opposition Tural Hajibeyli was approved, the lawyer of the plaintiff Intigam Aliyev told Turan. Hajibayli was detained during a peaceful rally in March 2011. The Sabail court arrested him on charges of ignoring the legitimate demands of a government representative. Higher courts have upheld the decision of the district court. As a result, the European Court of Justice complained about violation of Article 5 (right to freedom) of the European Convention, Article 6 (right to fair trial), 11 (right to freedom of assembly), 13 (effective remedies). The court granted the complaint, ruling that the rights to freedom, fair trial, freedom of assembly were violated. The European Court ordered the state to pay Hajibeyli 10 thousand 500 euros (8 thousand for moral damage to the applicant and 2 500 euros for court expenses).
Tural Hajibayli is the son of the chairman of the party "Ahrar" Vagif Hajibeyli. -03B04-
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Members of the National Preventive Group under the Ombudwosman of Azerbaijan visited journalists and activists in the Baku pre-trial detention center-1, the press service of the office of the Commissioner for Human Rights reports.
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Yesterday, Aliza Bin-Noun, Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, held talks at the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry and the presidential administration. "I held fruitful interministerial consultations with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Fariz Rzayev. Our strong bilateral relations have been thoroughly discussed in search of ways to further develop them.
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The International Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders has called for the release of Anar Mammadli and other political prisoners in Azerbaijan. The petition, signed by 30 civil society organizations belonging to the Observatory, calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to drop all charges against Anar Mammadli, stop the persecution of independent voices in the country and unconditionally release all political prisoners.
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On 8 May, the Khatai district court of Baku did not satisfy the petition to transfer well-known human rights defender in the field of elections Anar Mammadli under house arrest. This was reported to Turan by his lawyer Elmar Suleymanov.
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