NIDA Activist Sued the Ministry of National Security and AzTv

One of the arrested activists of NIDA Mahammad Azizov filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the channel AzTv.

According to his lawyer Fariz Namazly, the young man asks the court to declare it a violation of the presumption of innocence and the payment of monetary compensation for moral damages in the amount of 10,000 manat.

According to the lawyer, Azizov accused of drug possession was forced to confess under psychological pressure in DHS prison and the videos of the interrogations were shown on TV, including AzTv. In this case, the young man was introduced as a drug addict.

Recall that on March 9 TV channels showed footage of the rapid shooting of the interrogations of the arrested activists of NIDA - Mahammad Azizov Bakhtiyar Guliyev and Shahin Novruzlu. It was argued that young people planned to use "Molotov cocktail" at the protest on March 10 against the police and gave the protesters drugs.

NIDA movement called it a provocation by the authorities against political opponents. Subsequently, 4 more activists were arrested.

Amnesty International has recognized the detainees "prisoners of conscience».-06D -

 

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