CASE OF ALISOY AND OTHERS v. AZERBAIJAN
Violation of Article 11 - Freedom of assembly and association (Article 11-1 - Freedom of peaceful assembly);Violation of Article 6+6-3 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing) (Article 6 - Right to a fair trial;Article 6-3 - Rights of defence);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Deprivation of liberty)
André Potocki;Mārtiņš Mits
4. The applicants’ dates of birth and places of residence are given in the Appendix. 5. The applicants were opposition-oriented activists. At the material time the first applicant was a member of one of the opposition parties, the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan. He participated in a number of peaceful demonstrations organised by the opposition and on several occasions was arrested and convicted for that. 6. On 12 October 2013 an opposition group İctimai Palata held a demonstration, authorised by the relevant authority, the Baku City Executive Authority (“the BCEA”). The demonstration was held in the Mahsul stadium, a place proposed by the BCEA. It was intended to be peaceful and was conducted in a peaceful manner. The participants were protesting against alleged irregularities and fraud during the presidential elections of 9 October 2013. 7. All three applicants participated in that demonstration. 8. After the end of the demonstration of 12 October 2013 the applicants were arrested at the entrance to a nearby metro station, Inshaatchilar. 9. The circumstances of the applicants’ arrests, their custody and subsequent administrative proceedings against them are similar to those in Huseynli and Others v. Azerbaijan (nos. 67360/11 and 2 others, 11 February 2016) and Huseynov and Others v. Azerbaijan ([Committee] nos. 34262/14 and 5 others, 24 November 2016) (see also Appendix).