Alyzamin Salayev
Alyzamin Salayev, an activist of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), has been on a hunger strike in prison since October 30, protesting against the authorities' refusal to release political prisoners ahead of the COP29 climate conference, his wife Saida Salayeva reported. "Alyzamin informed me during a phone call that he declared a hunger strike on October 30. He is demanding freedom for himself and all other political prisoners," his wife said.
Salayev has been transferred to the Medical Institution of the Penitentiary Service due to heart and liver problems. "He has shortness of breath, his legs are swollen, and he has difficulty moving," said Salayeva. A facsimile of a handwritten letter from Salayev to the APFP leadership and his associates, announcing his hunger strike and its reasons, has been published on the Facebook account of the “Azadlyg” newspaper.
He considers it unacceptable to hold COP29 in Azerbaijan and for citizens of democratic states to participate, while there are 319 political prisoners in the country, human rights are being violated, and corruption is rampant.
*Salayev was arrested on February 7, 2023, on charges of "hooliganism with the use of an object as a weapon." In protest against his unjust arrest, he fasted for 114 days.
On May 22, 2023, he was sentenced to four years in prison. Human rights activists have recognized him as a political prisoner.
Замин Салаев объявил в заключении голодовку
Активист партии Народного фронта Азербайджана (ПНФА) Ализамин Салаев с 30 октября проводит голодовку в тюрьме, протестуя против отказа властей освободить политзаключенных в канун климатической конференции COP29. Об этом сообщила его супруга Саида Салаева.
«Ализамин в телефонном разговоре сообщил, что с 30 октября объявил голодовку. Он требует свободы и для всех остальных политзаключенных», - рассказала супруга.
Салаев был переведен в Лечебное учреждение Пенитенциарной службы в связи с проблемами с сердцем, печенью. «У него одышка, ноги опухли, он с трудом передвигается», - сказала Салаева.
На аккаунте газеты Азадлыг в facebook опубликовано факсимиле рукописного послания Салаева руководству ПНФА и соратникам, где он объявляет о голодовке и ее причинах.
Он считает не допустимым проведение в Азербайджане COP29 и участие в нем граждан демократических государств, в то время как в стране 319 политзаключенных, попираются права человека, процветает коррупция.
*Салаев был арестован 7 февраля 2023 г. по обвинению в «хулиганстве с применением предмета, используемого в качестве оружия». В знак против необоснованного ареста он голодал в течение 114 суток.
22 мая 2023 г. суд приговорил его к 4 годам лишения свободы. Правозащитники признали его политзаключенным.
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