Faramaz Allahverdiyev begins hunger strike

An imprisoned journalist, Faramaz Allahverdiyev, intends to begin a hunger strike on March 5, sewing up his mouth. In this way, he will  protest the decision of the Supreme Court on February 19, which considered his  complaint in his absence.

According to the lawyer of  Fariz Namazly, the complaint was against  the  decision of Baku Appeals Court, which refused to hold the re-judicial inquiry  on October 30.

The lawyer believes that without judicial inquiry  the consideration of  an appeal is a mere formality.

Allahverdiyev was arrested on April 17, 2012,  and on  August 22, he  was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison on charges of illegally crossing the border (Article 318) and 220 (call to riot.)

Journalistic organizations believe that Allahverdiyev was arrested for publications on  the Facebook, which was interpreted a call to riot. So, after the riots in Guba region on  1 March, 2012 Allahverdiyev wrote on his page, "may be we also burn the villas in  Shuvelane? '.

Previously Allahverdiyev  was repeatedly arrested, including  for a libel for publishing  critical materials against  the government. -16B06-