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FORCIBLE EVICTION IN DOWNTOWN BAKU DESPITE THE COURT INJUNCTION
TURAN
April 2, 2012
BAKU
BAKU. April 2, 2012: Today the local authorities in Baku completed
the forcible eviction of the inhabitants of the residential house in
20 Shamsi Badalbeyli street. Two elderly women, Nushaba Fatullayeva
and Afaq Ismailova, were still living there. They refused to move,
because they did not agree with the proposed compensation amounts. In
addition, on the face of the existing law, the authorities did not have
the right to carry out the forcible eviction since Nushaba Fatullayeva
and Afaq Ismailova had a pending trial case on their residence at 20
Shamsi Badalbayli and the court had ordered a preliminary injunction
to stay all the forcible eviction measures until the resolution of
the legal dispute. However, as it usually happens, the employees and
the Mayor of Baku and Nasimi executive power and a group of young
men with unknown status, threw out the two women, then the excavator
began to destroy their home.
Both women were hospitalized due to physical injuries and nervous
breakdown. One woman's leg was broken, and other woman's head of
injured. The journalists and some activist of the opposition political
parties tried to prevent the illegal actions of the authorities.
However, they could not prevent demolishing of the house, and could
only record the forcible eviction with their cameras.
Commenting on the incident, a lawyer Fuad Agayev, said Turan, that
the authorities deliberately violate laws, wishing to demonstrate
that they will ignore legal rights and needs of the local residents.
During the morning hours two journalists who were filming the actions
of the local authorites were attacked by the representatives of the
executive power.
Demolition of houses in this street, and in the nearby Fizuli and
Mirza Aga Aliyev streets has been ongoing for about two years.
Ownership rights of thousands of families have been violated in the
process. About 300 people have filed claims to the European Court of
Human Rights in Strasbourg (Turan).
TURAN
April 2, 2012
BAKU
BAKU. April 2, 2012: Today the local authorities in Baku completed
the forcible eviction of the inhabitants of the residential house in
20 Shamsi Badalbeyli street. Two elderly women, Nushaba Fatullayeva
and Afaq Ismailova, were still living there. They refused to move,
because they did not agree with the proposed compensation amounts. In
addition, on the face of the existing law, the authorities did not have
the right to carry out the forcible eviction since Nushaba Fatullayeva
and Afaq Ismailova had a pending trial case on their residence at 20
Shamsi Badalbayli and the court had ordered a preliminary injunction
to stay all the forcible eviction measures until the resolution of
the legal dispute. However, as it usually happens, the employees and
the Mayor of Baku and Nasimi executive power and a group of young
men with unknown status, threw out the two women, then the excavator
began to destroy their home.
Both women were hospitalized due to physical injuries and nervous
breakdown. One woman's leg was broken, and other woman's head of
injured. The journalists and some activist of the opposition political
parties tried to prevent the illegal actions of the authorities.
However, they could not prevent demolishing of the house, and could
only record the forcible eviction with their cameras.
Commenting on the incident, a lawyer Fuad Agayev, said Turan, that
the authorities deliberately violate laws, wishing to demonstrate
that they will ignore legal rights and needs of the local residents.
During the morning hours two journalists who were filming the actions
of the local authorites were attacked by the representatives of the
executive power.
Demolition of houses in this street, and in the nearby Fizuli and
Mirza Aga Aliyev streets has been ongoing for about two years.
Ownership rights of thousands of families have been violated in the
process. About 300 people have filed claims to the European Court of
Human Rights in Strasbourg (Turan).