Friday Wrap-up: Continued fighting, ECHR fines and Ganja case proceedings

Coronavirus update: 14,257 active cases

On 6 November, 1465 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection were registered in Azerbaijan. A total of 62,338 people have been infected with coronavirus in Azerbaijan so far. 47,270 have recovered and 811 have died. The number of active patients is 14,257. During the last day, 12,825 tests were conducted in the country, and 1,417,368 tests have been conducted so far.

European Court of Human Rights fines Azerbaijan again

The European Court of Human Rights ordered Azerbaijan pay Seymur Hazi, Magrub Badalli, Abdulla Yolbarsoy, Mammad Azizov and Murad Adilov a combined total of almost 50,000 Euros. The applicants had all gone to the court claiming they had been tortured by police in Azerbaijan on multiple occasions.

Ganja trial continues

Defendent Yunis Safarov, charged with attempting to assassinate the mayor of Ganja in 2018, along with two other defendants gave testimony at their trial on 4 November. Safarov stated that the attempt would never have happened if the government officials, who are supposed to protect the rights of citizens, had not been indifferent to their complaints. The unsuccessful assassination attempt in July 2020 was followed by riots and a crackdown by the government against many religious Azerbaijanis. Read his full statement [in Azerbaijani] here.