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Azerbaijani living in Germany going on hunger strike outside European Court of Human Rights

26 September 2013 12:06 (UTC +04:00)

Ismayil said that he has taken such a step, because ECtHR has not considered his appeals against the German government: “My appeals have remained without response for 10 years. Earlier, ECtHR referred to the fact that my case has not passed all the stages at a German court, but now I went through all these instances, my appeal is pending before the European Court. But there is no response from them yet.”

Azerbaijani citizen Rustam Ismayil, who has the right of permanent residence, was born in Goychay in 1970. In 1998 he left for Germany as a tourist. At present Rustam Ismayil suffers 16 diseases – AIDS, infarction, tuberculosis, depression, chronic prostatitis, second grade reflection, chronic hepatitis A, syphilis, haemorrhoids etc. In 1998 he lost his documents in Germany. Despite serious pneumonia, he did not receive medical aid, was illegally expelled. He was beaten by the police in 1999. He said German courts even banned him from going to doctors within 5 years.

Rustam Ismayil demands courts to urgently send him to another European country to begin treatment. He demands € 50 million as pecuniary and nonpecuniary damage.

In 2009, Rustam Ismayil poured the petrol on himself and attempted to ignite it. The suicide attempt was prevented by fire-fighters.