European Court of Human Rights has made a decision on the basis of Azerbaijani citizen Nemat Aliyev’s application, APA reports. Note that, the applicant, Namat Faiz Aliyev, is an Azerbaijani national who was born in 1966 and lives in Baku. He stood for the elections to the Parliament of 6 November 2005 as a candidate of the opposition bloc Azadliq. He was registered as a candidate for the single-mandate electoral constituency no. 93. On 7 and 8 November 2005 the applicant submitted complaints before the ConEC and the Central Electoral Commission (“CEC”) concerning alleged irregularities during the election day. He alleged in particular unlawful interference in the election process by local executive authorities, undue influence on voter choice, several instances of ballot-box stuffing, harassment of observers, irregularities in electoral rolls and obvious discrepancies in electoral protocols showing a possible failure to account for as many as thousands of “unused” blank ballots. Moreover, Under Article 41 (just satisfaction), the Court held that Azerbaijan had to pay to the applicant 7,500 euros (EUR) for non-pecuniary damage and EUR 1,600 in respect of costs and expenses.
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