THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 5831/24
Nemat ABBASOV
against Azerbaijan
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 19 February 2026 as a Committee composed of:
 Diana Kovatcheva, President,
 Canòlic Mingorance Cairat,
 Vasilka Sancin, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application against the Republic of Azerbaijan lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 9 February 2024,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Nemat Abbasov, was born in 1994. He was represented by Mr S. Rahimli, a lawyer practising in Azerbaijan.
The applicant’s complaints under Articles 6 and 10 of the Convention concerning the alleged unfairness of the domestic proceedings and of a violation of his right to freedom of expression were communicated to the Azerbaijani Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.  The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations. By letter dated 25 November 2025, the applicant’s representative asked the Court to extend the time-limit to submit observations and just satisfaction claims by 2 December 2025, which was granted by the Court. The applicant’s representative received that letter. However, the Registry did not receive any such observations from the applicant.
By letter dated 9 December 2025, sent through the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms), the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of the observations had expired on 2 December 2025 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant’s attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. The applicant’s representative received that letter on 9 December 2025. However, no response followed.
THE LAW
In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.
Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 12 March 2026.
 
 Viktoriya Maradudina Diana Kovatcheva
 Acting Deputy Registrar President
 
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Articles 6 and 10 of the Convention
(the unfairness of the domestic proceedings and a violation of right to freedom of expression)
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Date of the
applicant’s last
letter to the Court
 
Date by which submissions were requested by the Court
 
Date of the Court’s
strike-out warning letter
 
5831/24
09/02/2024
Nemat
Heybat oglu
 Abbasov
1994
 
Samad Rahimli
Baku
25/11/2025
02/12/2025
 
 09/12/2025