EGMR: Islam-Ittihad Association and Others v. Azerbaijan (application no. 5548/05)

The applicants are the Islam-Ittihad Association, an NGO with headquarters in Baku, which was active between 1991 and 2003, and Azer Samadov and Ilgar Allahverdiyev, Azerbaijani nationals who were born in 1961 and 1973 respectively and live in Baku. They were the association’s chairman and a member of its management board, respectively. The association’s main activities included the repair and maintenance of mosques, and it engaged in projects aimed at promoting respect for human rights and in a number of humanitarian activities. The case concerned the association’s forced dissolution, which had been ordered by a district court in 2003 in proceedings brought by the Ministry of Justice. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »

EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on 13 November 2014 – Islam-Ittihad Association and Others v. Azerbaijan (application no. 5548/05)

The applicants are the Islam-Ittihad Association, an NGO with headquarters in Baku, which was active between 1991 and 2003, and Azer Samadov and Ilgar Allahverdiyev, Azerbaijani nationals who were born in 1961 and 1973 respectively and live in Baku. They were the association’s chairman and a member of its management board, respectively. The association’s main activities included the repair and maintenance of mosques, and it engaged in projects aimed at promoting respect for human rights and in a number of humanitarian activities. The case concerns the association’s forced dissolution, which was ordered by a district court in 2003 in proceedings brought by the Ministry of Justice. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »