The Court of Appeal does not free Ahsan Nuruzade

On Thursday the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) considered the complaint to an administrative arrest for a period of 10 days a religious activist Ahsan Nuruzade. The BCA rejected the complaint,  said  lawyer Yalcin Imanov. Nuruzade was arrested on charges of not subordinate police. Ostensibly  the activist swore in front of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized  (MDCOC) Crime Ministry of Internal Affairs, and when the police called him to order, he swore at them and tried to escape. "Nothing like that happened. He was detained by  three civilians in front of the house where he lives, and was taken to the MDCOC, was kept there for six days and all this time, his family and the lawyer did not know anything about him," said the lawyer. Even after the court decision Nuruzade was not taken to the detention center, but was returned back  to the MDCOC. Thus,  a number of fundamental rights and freedom of Nuruzade guaranteed by the Constitution of Azerbaijan and the European Convention of Human Rights have been  violated. Nuruzade told in the  court that he wrote confession because of the moral and psychological pressure  of police. After a short conference, the judge announced that the verdict upheld and added: "There is only one day  to the completion of his sentence." The lawyer said that the court's decision will be appealed in the European Court of Human Rights .-- 03B06-