On April 1, in the morning of April 2, 2016, a group of lawyers and human rights activists, on behalf of the families of the soldiers killed and then beheaded and crippled as a result of the ceasefire violation by Azeri on the Karabakh-Azerbaijan border, have submitted complaints to the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter, Court). The applicants have appealed to the Court for the defense of their violated rights against the inhuman treatment for the victims as a result of intervention, to respect the private life of the deceased, legal remedies, as well as to recognize the violations of the rights to discrimination on the national grounds.
On April 9 and 15, 2016, the Court has filed the complaint and has informed the applicants’ representatives about it. The Court at its own initiative has given anonymity to the complaints by restricting the public access to the decisions adopted in the framework of these proceedings and to other documents. Driven by these circumstances, the applicants and their representatives cannot provide the full access of information to the public. The violation of the rules of procedure of the Court is considered an abuse of rights and may even lead to the suspension of consideration of applications by the Court.
In view of the above-mentioned, we ask the journalists and other persons to refrain from asking questions to the victims’ families and their representatives about the details on the proceedings, as well as publicizing unspecified information received from other sources to avoid harming the process of the investigation. We assure that the applicants’ representatives will provide the necessary information to the public in their good faith, by their own initiative and in accordance with the procedural rules of the Court.
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A member of the group of lawyers and human rights activists, Artak Zeinalyan
