How an Azerbaijani was tortured in Germany 21 Марта 2013, 16:19 Автор: Мира Гасанова Our editors received a copy of an appeal of a citizen of Azerbaijan residing in Germany for 14 years, Ismail Rustem, b. 1970, native of Geychay, to the President of the Azerbaijan Republic, Mr. Ilham Aliyev of March 19, 2013. With his residence permit in Germany, our fellow-countryman had later fallen into clutches of repressive apparatus of the German state, served his sentence in this country, was mercilessly beaten, tortured; sustained injuries, got infectious disease, humiliated and persecuted and finally tried to commit self-immolation as a sign of protest. For 14 years he has been engaged in struggling against the German state apparatus to protect and redeem his infringed rights. Repeated appeals to all instances of German judicial system yielded no desirable result. Suffice it to say that over 7 years Ismail Rustem has lodged 30 claims to various judicial bodies, some of the latter had to recognize legitimacy of his claims and invalidation of previously adopted decisions, especially a decision of the Supreme Court (BGH ) g ( Nr.: XII ZB 484.11 ) dated 12.09.2012. In conformity with the existing legislation and under a decision of the court that admitted its mistake, I.Rustem lodged a claim of compensation for damages, following which he came to be persecuted by the German government. Instead of satisfying a court judgment and compensating for losses, the German government decided to fine him for Euro 91,456. At present, the sum of ungrounded debts imposed on our compatriot makes up Euro hundreds of thousands. A month after a decision of the Supreme Court he lodged a complaint to the ECHR protesting against actions of the German government and, without waiting for his complaint, he sent a letter on March 12, 2013 to Din Spielman, chairman of the ECHR which demanded from him to perform his direct duties to protect human rights regardless of color and race, nationality, citizenship and political preferences. At the same time, I.Rustem believes that the European Court, in an attempt to protect interests of Germany, not only violates human rights protection obligations, but also causes irreversible damage to its image. I.Rustem accuses the European Court of protecting interests of the country that is allegedly a stronghold of democracy. Note that newly independent countries follow the example of Germany and adopt its principles of liberalism. In the meanwhile, Germany has for many years been waging war against unhappy emigrants, destroying their life, career, business, damaging them morally, terrorizing them in every sense of the word. If his complaint is dismissed, I.Rustem reserves the right to appeal to all international organizations, judicial authorities, international press, governments of other powers, provide them with facts and documents regarding other persons who are facing illegal actions on the part of the German government. Note that these documents may help solving a mechanism of the German policy of murdering immigrants, etc. In his appeal to the President of Azerbaijan, I.Rustem, with reference to Article 53 of the Constitution of the Azerbaijan Republic - «the AR safeguards and stipulates for legal protection of Azerbaijani citizens, residing temporarily or permanently outside its territory», - kindly asks the President to call the Foreign Ministry of the AR and other state bodies to perform their duties and protect and reinstate infringed rights of Azerbaijani citizens. An eloquence testimony to the inhuman policy of the German government in respect of persons of non-indigenous nationality and the human rights violation in Germany is today’s statement of Harry Murray, chairman of the branch of the Human Rights Protection Union of Germany. He believes that censorship and even repressions against dissenters are typical for Germany: «At present, Germany claims to lead the world. That’s not a bad idea. However, for this to happen, the freedom of speech is cancelled. One may write about the foreign policy in Germany. Any German journalist would say this topic is absolutely open. However, materials published cannot affect interests of Germany. For example, one cannot touch upon facts of human rights violation. For the first time you are warned in an amicable way. Your editor, acquaintance or drinking companion says: «Break». If a journalist fails to understand, his contract is terminated and the journalist is dismissed. In so doing, Germany does not comply with a rule «thanks to this home, let’s go to another». A journalist gets «a blacklisting» and will find no job in a country’s newspaper, from Berlin to Hamburg. Should a journalist proceed with his struggle, his relatives would face difficulties. Thus, they’ll be maltreated at work, school, etc. Yes, there are national editions issued by the Turkish and Russian diasporas. However, materials published in these editions are none other than publications in a Moscow-located Azerbaijani district newspaper. Even worse, dismissals may be followed by search and inconceivable penalties. If you are not a native of Germany, you are sure to be ousted from the country. Another variant: you may be debarred from getting a job or, even worse, be nailed on charge. True, no killings in Germany are committed in the dark corners. Yet, that’s no help! Harry Murray maintains that "injustices in Germany are shouted about everywhere, except for the German press. It was a well-known report of the representative of Azerbaijan (surely not the world’s leader in democracy and liberal values), journalist and human rights activist Eynulla Fatullayev «The Decline of Europe» that factually proved the recession and crisis of democratic values in one of the world’s advanced countries". 2767 Visits