It is said that there are 100 political prisoners in Azerbaijan
On November 4 Political Union for the Freedom of Prisoners in Azerbaijan political prisoner announced the updated list of the persons they counted.
Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy Leyla Yunus and Political Head of Prisoner Monitoring Center Elshan Hasanov prepared.
To the list 100 people’s names have been entered. Their previous list was released on September 28 this year and included 99 names.
E. Hasanov said that there are new people on the list – the head of demokratik.az website Osman Narimanoglu and singer of religious songs Vusnow Rasul. There are also unlisted.
O. Narimanoglu On July 5, 2022, on the charge of demanding money from officials and doctors of the Reclamation Department of Goranboy, Goygol districts imprisonment was done. After his arrest, he said that the charges were false and that he had been slandered for exposing corruption in his published exposés.
V. Rasul and on July 18, 2022, on charges of illegal drug trafficking imprisonment was done. According to human rights defenders, his family was informed about his whereabouts and charges on July 22. V. Rasul denied the accusations. Human rights activists believe that the real reason for his arrest is his religion protest he played the songs.
In the list political prisoner Counted persons are divided into seven groups:
“Tartar work“What about those arrested in 2017 on charges of treason, “Ganja what about his work 2018-in Ganja Execution To the head of government conspiracy those who were held responsible for the incident and the subsequent tension. They also generally do not accept the accusations.
Azerbaijan Officials have yet to comment on this list.
in Azerbaijan political prisoner regarding the persons considered unit there is no list. Human rights defenders have several such lists. There are numerical differences in those lists as well.
Azerbaijan officials do not accept the idea that there are political prisoners in the country. They say that those included in the lists of political prisoners were brought to justice only for their actions.