Baku/25.09.19/Turan: In response to allegations of a September 20 physical assault by prison officers against Nemat Karimli, an attorney in Azerbaijan, Freedom House issued the following statement:
"The violence against Nemat Karimli, who represents the journalist Afgan Mukhtarli, demonstrates the Azerbaijani government"s continued contempt for lawyers who defend political prisoners," said Marc Behrendt, director for Europe and Eurasia programs at Freedom House.
"In Azerbaijan, attorneys defending imprisoned journalists, activists, human rights defenders, and political dissidents are regularly subjected to abusive and denigrating treatment when entering and departing correctional facilities.
Systematic searches of lawyers" belongings and the review of confidential materials violate a core principle of lawyer-client confidentiality and deprive political prisoners of the right to equal access to justice and due process. Freedom House calls on the Azerbaijani government to immediately end the harassment and intimidation of lawyers and to release all prisoners incarcerated on politically motivated charges." -0-
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