YEREVAN. - Vanadzor based Popeleks attorney office will sue Azerbaijan for two-year illegal custody and torture of Armenian citizen. The office will file the case to European Court of Human Rights next month.

In May 2010 Azerbaijan handed over to Armenian side a native of Tavush region Haghartsin village Arthur Badalyan, 32, who lost his way in forest and, accidentally crossing the border, fell captive to Azeris two years ago.

The lawyers claim that Azerbaijan violated third article of European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms which asserts that nobody must be subjected to torture, inhuman and depredating treatment or punishment.

Before sending the complaint to European Court of Human Rights, the attorney office will have to contact Azerbaijan authorities from the territory of a third country, asking to provide information on the conditions of the custody. This is the general procedure to apply to European Court.

According to lawyers the Court will take several years to make the decision. They think this experience could become a precedent for all other cases reports Radio Liberty.