"Musavat" condemns torture of oligarchs
"Musavat" party issued a statement, expressing protest against the torture of arrested entrepreneurs. Authors of the statement, do not mention names, recall that one of those arrested appealed to the Attorney General in this regard.
The document states that each of the accused has the right to an effective defense, the keeping in human conditions, and subjecting them to torture is a serious crime and a gross violation of the Constitution and international treaties.
Authors of the statement expressed concern about the increase in recent years of torture in detention centers, and asked official Baku to prevent it , and to punish all officials responsible for this. The talk is about tens arrested oligarchs which are accused of refusal to return multi- million credits to the International Bank of Azerbaijan. -05D04-
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