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Arrested human rights activist accuses Admiral
Bakhtiyar Mammadov, human rights activist and head of the firm "With faith in the law", who was accused of fraud and extortion, says that he is being persecuted for political reasons at the order of the commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral, Shahin Sultanov.
Mammadov was arrested in late 2011 after he began to protect the rights of soldiers evicted from the area around the square flag by the orders of the Navy Command.
The text of Mammadov final speech in court on February 21 sent to Turan by his relatives, reads that before his arrest, pressure was put on his daughter-serviceman and his brother -a teacher of military academy.
Mammadov said that he stores videos in safe places, exposing illegal activities of Sultanov. If the illegal actions do not stop, he will distribute the materials in social networks. In one of the videos at the order of Sultanov, the wall along the main road, where families of military servants lived, was demolished.
At trial, the Navy representative Elkhan Hajiyev said that two million manta were allocated for the improvement of military families, while 25 families were paid to 10,000 manat, and with the remaining amount allegedly were to be built houses in the village of Puta.
"In May 2012 the military servants were promised fully renovated apartment, but now is February 2013, but there are not any apartments, and the money were misappropriated," said Mammadov.
He called on the court to make an objective judgment. Earlier, the prosecutor suggested to imprison Mammadov to 12 years. The verdict to be announced on February 25th was not passed.—06D-
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