{"id":1019,"date":"2016-06-02T08:41:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T07:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcstaging.co.uk\/ehrac\/?post_type=case-studies&#038;p=1019"},"modified":"2023-10-31T20:01:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T20:01:03","slug":"yunusova-and-yunusov-v-azerbaijan","status":"publish","type":"case-studies","link":"http:\/\/ehrac.org.uk\/en_gb\/key-ehrac-cases\/yunusova-and-yunusov-v-azerbaijan\/","title":{"rendered":"Yunusova and Yunusov v Azerbaijan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6adadd0c6518e\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row standard_section \"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-t-w-inherits=\"default\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"column-bg-overlay-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\"><div class=\"column-bg-overlay\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t<p><strong>Case No. 59620\/14<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Judgment date: 2 June 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leyla Yunus (the first applicant) and Arif Yunus (the second applicant), are well-known human rights defenders in Azerbaijan. They were represented by EHRAC, Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska (Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights), Khalid Bagirov and Javad Javadov, lawyers practising in Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p>The first applicant was arrested on 30 July 2014, on spurious charges including fraud, tax evasion and high treason. Later that day, the second applicant, was also charged with fraud and high treason. The applicants were held in pre-trial detention until August 2015, when they were convicted and sentenced to eight and a half and seven years in prison respectively. In November 2015, the second applicant was released on health grounds. In December 2015, the first applicant\u2019s sentence was quashed and she was released. Both applicants suffered from serious health conditions prior to their arrest. The applicants claimed that they were unable to obtain adequate medical care in detention and that this had resulted in a serious deterioration of their health.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ehrac.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EHRAC-Winter-2016-ENG-WEB.pdf#page=13\">Read the full case summary in the Winter 2016 Bulletin.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"related_module_content_base related_links\">\n<h3 class=\"related_module_content_title multicol\">Links<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_module_content\">\n<li class=\"related_module_content_block first \"><a class=\"related_module_content_element first \" href=\"http:\/\/ehrac.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EHRAC-Winter-2016-ENG-WEB.pdf#page=13\">Full case summary in Winter 2016 Bulletin<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"related_module_content_block \"><a class=\"related_module_content_element \" href=\"https:\/\/ehrac.wpengine.com\/news\/azerbaijans-ill-treatment-of-human-rights-defenders-in-the-spotlight-as-it-prepares-to-host-the-formula-1-grand-prix\/\">Azerbaijan\u2019s ill-treatment of human rights defenders in the spotlight as it prepares to host the Formula 1 Grand Prix<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"related_module_content_block last \"><a class=\"related_module_content_element last \" href=\"http:\/\/hudoc.echr.coe.int\/eng?i=001-163330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Official ECtHR judgment (HUDOC)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related_module_content_base related_links\">\n<h3 class=\"related_module_content_title multicol\">Translation(s)<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_module_content\">\n<li class=\"related_module_content_block first last \"><a class=\"related_module_content_element first last \" href=\"http:\/\/ru.ehrac.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EHRAC-Winter-2016-RUS-WEB.pdf#page=13\">\u042e\u043d\u0443\u0441\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0438 \u042e\u043d\u0443\u0441\u043e\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0438\u0432 \u0410\u0437\u0435\u0440\u0431\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0436\u0430\u043d\u0430 (\u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6adadd0c654fb\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row standard_section \"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-t-w-inherits=\"default\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"column-bg-overlay-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\"><div class=\"column-bg-overlay\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sharing-default-minimal\"><div class=\"nectar-social default\" data-position=\"left\" data-color-override=\"override\"><div class=\"nectar-social-inner\"><a class='facebook-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'>  <i class='fa fa-facebook'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='twitter-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Tweet this'> <i class='fa fa-twitter'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Tweet<\/span> <\/a><a class='linkedin-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-linkedin'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Case No. 59620\/14 Judgment date: 2 June 2016 Leyla Yunus (the first applicant) and Arif Yunus (the second applicant), are well-known human rights defenders in Azerbaijan. 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