Press Service of the Interior Ministry denied the statement of the lawyer Aslan Ismailov that on May 30 he was beaten in the Chief Office to Combat Organized Crime (COCOC) of the Interior Ministry.
The employee of the press service of the Ministry, Orkhan Mansurzade said that Ismailov’s statement was not true.
According to him, Ismailov was summoned to the COCOC and was warned about "inadmissibility to propagate fictional, libelous statements".
Mansurzade called Ismailov’s statement "a gamble and populism."
At today’s press conference Ismailov confirmed the fact of physical pressure on him, calling it a blatant arbitrariness, which all of society should protest.
Ismailov said that he is being subject to pressure due to publication of the fact of the torture of the blogger Agaaddina Rashad.
He said he would continue the fight until the investigator of the COCOC, Daanov, who struck and injured him, is punished.
Human rights activists Arzu Abdullayeva and Eldar Zeynalov supported Ismailov.
After the press conference Ismailov went to the Interior Ministry, and was received by the First Deputy Minister, Vilayat Eivazov.
"He repeatedly apologized for the incident and promised to conduct a comprehensive investigation and invite me again.
I will believe in the sincerity of his apologies only if a lawsuit is filed against Daanov, and he is brought to justice," said Ismailov. -06D-
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