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The Chairman of 'Bright Armenia' party Edmon Marukyan informs that the judgement by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against Azerbaijan involving Armenian prisoner Artur Badalyan has been received. 

"According to the ECHR procedures, the government of Azerbaijan has three-month period to appeal the judgment and request the case be referred to the Grand Chamber of the Court. If the case is not appealed by October 22, it will enter into force, otherwise we have to continue our struggle at the Grand Chamber. "I am confident we will win on this case there as well," Marukyan wrote on Facebook, sharing the official letter received from the ECHR Registry. 

To remind, according to the ECHR judgement, issued in May 2021, Azerbaijan tortured and illegally deprived of liberty Armenian citizen Artur Badalyan, who had got lost and found himself on the territory of Azerbaijan.  Following his arrest by the Azerbaijani forces, the applicant was held captive for 22 months in different military facilities. He claimed that he was not given enough food and was often not allowed to go to the toilet, thus having to care for his needs in the cell. Moreover, he was subjected to harsh torture and mental anguish. The European Court obliged Azerbaijan to pay Badalyan €30,000 in non-pecuniary damage.