HAJIBEYLI AND ALIYEV v. AZERBAIJAN - 6477/08 (Judgment : Article 10 - Freedom of expression-{general} : Fifth Section)

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

Angelika Nußberger, President, Erik Møse, Yonko Grozev, Síofra O'Leary, Mārtiņš Mits, Lәtif Hüseynov, Lado Chanturia, judges, and Milan Blaško, Deputy Section Registrar,

"After giving the information about Annagi Hajibeyli [the first applicant] to the members of the Presidium, A.T. gives the floor to them for questions.

I.S.: Mr Hajibeyli, you are one of the lawyers who brought an action in court asking for the invalidation of the constituent assembly of the ABA. What could you say about that?

[The first applicant]: I suppose that the members of the Presidium are familiar with my opinion. I still maintain that the constituent assembly of the ABA was held in blatant breach of the requirements of the law. Moreover, numerous persons, who were entitled to be co-founders of the ABA, were unlawfully not allowed to attend the constituent assembly.