What links imprisoned activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev and Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov?

Baku/29.12.22/Turan: Has imprisoned social activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev clarified the video about him that was circulated on social networks the day before? explained the video. He noted that his correspondence and voice messages were distributed by law enforcement agencies, who took possession of them, "committing a cyber crime."

“I have already publicly stated that at the beginning of 2019, on the initiative of President Ilham Aliyev, contacts were established with me. I was told that Aliyev was starting reforms and would like me to be represented in a new team in some state structure. Negotiations with me were led by the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Kemaletdin Heydarov. We had repeated meetings with him, I was asked for proposals on socio-political problems and ways to solve them,” Hajiyev said.

Then the negotiations were entrusted to the head of the State Security Service, Ali Nagiyev, Hajiyev said. The head of the State Security Service asked the activist to make proposals on five areas of reform. Hajiyev presented proposals in 4 areas.

Further, the negotiations were entrusted to the head of the State Security Service, Ali Nagiyev, Hajiyev said. The head of the State Security Service asked the activist to make proposals on five areas of reform. Hajiyev presented proposals in 4 areas.

“I left the last part free, considering that if the president really intends to carry out reforms and appoint me somewhere, then he himself will submit the fifth proposal,” Hajiyev said.

However, this process dragged on and turned out to be fruitless. For this reason, Bakhtiyar Hajiyev decided to take part in the 2020 parliamentary elections.

It should be noted that a post circulated on Facebook says that Hajiyev secretly collaborated with the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Kemaletdin Heydarov, and secretly promoted this institution.

Zaur Akbar, co-founder of the human rights organization Line of Defense, talks about what is happening in the Difficult Question program.

According to him, the intervention of law enforcement agencies in the accounts of citizens in social networks, and in particular in the account of Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, is a cybercrime.

"We are talking about illegal access to a computer system, as well as illegal possession of computer information, which, according to the legislation of Azerbaijan, are criminal offenses," Akbar said, adding that law enforcement agencies, in order to discredit Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, disclosed his correspondence and voice messages. which, in essence, "is an immoral act."

According to the human rights activist, this is not the first time that the authorities have used such dirty methods of struggle against dissidents, as well as their political opponents.--0--