Published on 3 April 2023
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 30498/17
Ismayil Isakh oglu MAMMADOV and Others
against Azerbaijan
lodged on 10 April 2017
communicated on 13 March 2023
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the criminal conviction of the applicants, who were followers of the Nursist teachings of Islam, for illegal distribution of religious literature and encroachment on the rights of others under the pretext of performance of religious rituals. The applicants allege that the domestic courts’ decisions concerning their criminal conviction lacked adequate reasoning.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
Did the applicants have a fair hearing in the determination of the criminal charges against them, in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention? In particular, did the domestic courts establish the existence of all the elements of the criminal offences of which the applicants were convicted and provide adequate and relevant reasons for their decisions?
No.
Applicant’s Name
Year of birth
Place of residence
Represented by
1.
Ismayil
Isakh oglu
MAMMADOV
1968
Baku
Ruslan MUSTAFAZADE
Asabali MUSTAFAYEV
2.
Eldaniz
Balamat oglu
HAJIYEV
1974
Baku
Ruslan MUSTAFAZADE
Asabali MUSTAFAYEV
3.
Shahin
Mukhtar oglu
HASANOV
1969
Goychay
Ruslan MUSTAFAZADE
Asabali MUSTAFAYEV
4.
Zakariyya
Isakh oglu
MAMMADOV
1970
Goychay
Ruslan MUSTAFAZADE
Asabali MUSTAFAYEV