Communicated on 11 January 2021 Published on 1 February 2021

FIFTH SECTION

Application no. 48838/15 Zilfigar David oglu IBRAHIMOV against Azerbaijan lodged on 17 September 2015

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the alleged failure of the domestic courts to give sufficient and relevant reasons for the applicant ’ s detention and to properly examine his request for release on bail, as they rejected it in a very brief and general manner. The applicant invokes Article 5 § 3 of the Convention.

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

Did the domestic courts give sufficient and relevant reasons for the applicant ’ s detention for the purposes of Article 5 § 3 of the Convention? Was the applicant ’ s request for release on bail examined by the domestic courts, as required by Article 5 § 3 of the Convention?