Açıq mənbələrdən foto
Lawyer Not Allowed to Visit Psychiatric Hospital to Meet with PFPA Member Aghil Humbatov
Baku / 11.04.20 / Turan: The lawyer Nemat Karimli was not allowed to visit the psychiatric hospital in the village of Mashtaga to meet with his client, member of the Popular Front Party Aghil Humbatov.
The lawyer stated that the activist was illegally detained in the mental hospital.
Nemat Karimli visited the Republican Psychiatric Hospital N1 in Mashtaga on April 10. However, the head physician did not allow him to meet with Humbatov. According to Karimli, his client is being held in the mental hospital illegally. “Aghil Humbatov was diagnosed with a ‘paranoid medical disorder’, however, it is accepted in medicine that such patients are not placed in compulsory treatment, but are given individual supportive therapy,” the lawyer said.
He noted that the Sabunchu court had already once rejected a request to place Humbatov in compulsory treatment. However, the court of appeal reversed this decision.
“We will of course appeal this decision to the Supreme Court. But the problem is that, due to the quarantine regime, the appellate court’s apparatus doesn’t work and we cannot get a court order to file a cassation appeal,” said the lawyer.
He has never been able to see Humbatov and intends to complain to the Ombudsman.
On March 30, Humbatov was placed in the mental hospital after his criticism of the country's leadership in social networks. On April 1, however, he was released by court order.
Humbatov talked in social networks about the circumstances of his detention and criticized the situation in the psychiatric hospital, inhuman treatment of patients, terrible sanitary conditions and poor nutrition there. —06D-
Politics
-
On 23 November at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, eco-activists from different countries held a protest action against the failure of countries to agree on climate finance.
-
On the eve of the closing of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has drawn attention to the criminal cases of journalists detained in Azerbaijan.
-
Negotiations at the 29th session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku have been extended until November 24, a source in the UNFCCC Secretariat told the Turan news agency. According to the source, participants aim to finalize and sign the concluding documents by that date.
-
According to the Turkish newspaper Sabah, officials from the Istanbul Prosecutor's Office's Anti-Smuggling Unit have detained an Azerbaijani citizen with a large shipment of gold. The detention took place near the Vadi İstanbul shopping center in the Sarıyer district, where a taxi was stopped. During the search, 70 kg of gold was found. The Azerbaijani citizen in the vehicle claimed ownership of the cargo and also stated that he was a diplomat. The investigation by the prosecutor's office is ongoing, reports Sabah newspaper. The media outlet does not disclose the name of the "diplomat," only his initials – M.G.Ş. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declined to comment on the situation.
Leave a review