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| Azerbaijan's Penitentiary Service reacts to Bagirzade's wife's appeals | ||
| 2022-12-03 | ||
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] Taleh Bagirzadeh,
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on November 27 it became known that Taleh Bagirzade, the leader of the "Muslim Unity" (MMU) movement, went on a hunger strike in the colony after being insulted by the deputy head of the penitentiary. He also demanded to stop pressure on the organization he leads. On November 28, a representative of the Penitentiary Service stated that the information about Bagirzade's hunger strike was not true. Relatives and lawyers of Bagirzade denied the information of the Penitentiary Service and reported that the theologian continues his hunger strike. Bagirzade's lawyer reported on November 30 that Bagirzade's condition had worsened, while he was not isolated from other prisoners and was not under medical supervision. The penitentiary service does not provide informationon Bagirzade's condition, human rights activist Rufat Safarov pointed out on December 1. On January 25, 2017, the leader of the Muslim Unity movement, Taleh Bagirzade, and 17 of his supporters were sentenced to terms of 10 to 20 years on charges of organizing riots after the operation of the security forces in November 2015, which resulted in the death of seven people, including two policemen, says the reference of the "Caucasian Knot" Nardaran. The defendants complained of being tortured. They pleaded not guilty. Azerbaijani human rights activists recognized the defendants in the "Nardaran case" as political prisoners. Subsequently, some of the convicts were released on pardon and the end of their term. Mirsaleh Seyidov, deputy head of the Azerbaijani Penitentiary Service, received Leyla Ismailzade, the wife of the leader of the Muslim Unity movement, Taleh Bagirzade, and Agali Yakhyaev, a member of the board of this movement, Ismailzade said today. "Finally, today there was a reaction to our appeals to the Penitentiary Service due to the fact that despite Taleh's hunger strike, he has not been allowed to call home for the fifth day already. We were invited to a meeting with Mirsalekh Seyidov. During the meeting, he called the head of colony No. 12. He confirmed that Taleh was on a hunger strike. According to the head of the colony, "he is in good health" and he is under medical supervision," she told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The head of the colony also said that his deputy did not want to offend Taleh, Ismailzade noted, “They say there was a 'misunderstanding' in care, and did not insult family members at all," Ismailzade told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The Penitentiary Service reported that Bagirzade himself refuses to call home. "According to them, Taleh does not call and in this way protests against the fact that his radio was taken away. Mirsaleh Seyidov promised to resolve the issue with the radio and also provide Taleh with an extraordinary opportunity to call today. But it was already evening, he did not call. We hope that will call tomorrow. In any case, until Taleh calls himself, we, the members of his family, will assume that he continues the hunger strike. Taleh told me that until he himself tells me about ending the hunger strike, do not trust other sources," she said. Ismailzade. She stressed that the hunger strike has been going on for the seventh day. | ||
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