Azerbaijan: Yet Another Conscientious Objector Case Set For Strasbourg?

By Felix Corley

Convicted and jailed after refusing compulsory military service on grounds of conscience, Jehovah’s Witness Seymur Mammadov failed to have his conviction and punishment overturned in his final appeal at Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court on 8 June.

The 23-year-old Mammadov – who spent nearly 12 weeks in jail...