The United States demands the release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan
State Department: “All political prisoners immediately and unconditionally free should be”
On January 11 Biden administration political of prisoners, including Azerbaijanis Elchin He announced that he has launched an initiative for the release of Mohammad.
About it “TuranInformation referring to the statement of the State Department spread.
The statement says that the initiative is innocent imprisonment which is political prisoners free aims to do.
According to the State Department, political around the world prisoners detained without reason, many of them subjected to torture, inhumane conditions and ill-treatment:
“The people named in this initiative are from governments in all regions of the world imprisonment It is a symbol of numerous political prisoners. Some are detained in retaliation for peaceful protest, exposure of corruption, or critical reporting. Others are persecuted because of their race, ethnicity, religion, language, gender identity or being LGBTQI+, imprisonment is done”.
“Some governments are abusing their legal systems to prosecute peaceful protesters or government critics on trumped-up charges of ‘terrorism’, ‘extremism’, ‘cybercrime’, ‘fake news’ or ‘hooliganism.’ Many judgments are handed down by non-independent courts, while others are carried out without legal remedies,” the statement said.
An Azerbaijani journalist and human rights defender is among the 16 political prisoners named by the State Department Elchin Mohammed also took place.
“The justice system should be used to achieve justice, not to punish those who defend human rights. Elchin Mohammed and all other political prisoners immediately and unconditionally free should be done,” the State Department said.
In the statement USAState Secretary Anthony Blinken’s call was also included:
“We call on all governments around the world to release those imprisoned for peacefully exercising their rights.”
Head of “Legal Education of Sumgayit Youth” Public Union Elchin Mammad 2020He has been in prison since March.
He was sentenced to 4 years in prison on charges of theft and illegal possession of weapons.
However, Elchin Mammad denies the accusations.
He says that apart from the falsity of the complaint, the courts also imposed the most severe punishment, deprivation of liberty, instead of the alternative punishments in those articles, from the order in this case. news gives