Baku/25.09.19/Turan: The OSCE Special Representative for Press Freedom Arlem Dezir expressed concern about the pressure of the administration of the jail No. 6 on the lawyer Neymat Karimli, who defends the interests of a political prisoner convicted in Azerbaijan, journalist Afghanistan Mukhtarli.
"I urge the Azerbaijani authorities to guarantee Afghan Mukhtarly"s access to legal assistance without any discrimination," Dezir wrote on his Twitter microblog.
On September 22, Neymat Karimli was subjected to a humiliating search at the entrance and exit from the jail. He was detained for about 50 minutes while his notes were illegally studied, despite protests by the lawyer. After that, the Prison Service appealed to the Bar Association with a call to punish Karimli for spreading misinformation. -16D-
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