The presidential candidate of the National Council Jamil Gasanli met with the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Mujzhnieks yesterday in Strasbourg. During the meeting they discussed the results of the presidential elections and the human rights situation .
Gasanli noted that the elections in Azerbaijan were held in a situation where there were more than 140 political prisoners in the country. He called on the Commissioner to pay particular attention to the arrests of the oppositionists Ilgar Mammadov, Tofig Yagublu, Yadigar Sadygov, Gurban Mammadov and Nemat Panahli, the journalists Parviz Gashimli , Avaz Zeynalov and Hilal Mamedov, theologian Taleh Baghirzadeh, youth activists of NIDA and others.
Mujzhnieks said that he was familiar with the affairs of the said persons, and in the course of his visit to Baku, met with Ilgar Mammadov and young activists at the prison.
Mujzhnieks expressed regret that the findings of the PACE observation mission contradicted the facts estimated by ODIHR.
Today Gasanli returns to Baku. -06D-
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