Civil Movement "Republican Alternative" (REAL) held an event today in the office of the Institute for Reporters Freedom and Safety (IRFS), dedicated to the birthday of the leader of the opposition group Ilgar Mamedov. Today he turns 43 and will marks it in jail.
Members of REAL, friends of Mamedov, human rights activists and youth activists attended the event.
Mamedov was arrested on 4th February in connection with the unrest in Ismailly on 23rd-24th January. At first, he was charged under articles 233 (organization of actions aimed at disturbing public order or participate in them) and 315.2 (resisting police by force, threatening the lives and health). Subsequently, Article 233 has been replaced by a more severe - 220.1 (organization of mass disorders accompanied by arson).
Local and international human rights organizations recognize Ilgar Mamedov as a political prisoner. The European Court of Human Rights accepted the extraordinary review of a complaint on his illegal arrest and began to communicate with the government of Azerbaijan.
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on 13th June in connection with the case of Mammadov, which condemned the arrest and called for an immediate transparent and fair investigation of the charges against him.
REAL committee did not create rights. However, many competent defenders are involved in the organization of activities in defense of their rights both in Azerbaijan and abroad. Currently T-shirts are being sold with the image of Ilgar Mamedov. The money raised from the sale will focus on the problems of the family of Ilgar Mamedov," said the executive secretary of REAL, Natig Jaafarli.
According to him, REAL has also created a campaign headquarters for Mammadov, the nominated candidate for the presidency of the country.
The headquarters is working on an evaluation instrument for dealing with voters in the regions.
REAL also will present the software pre-election document on these days.
"The program will set out the country's problems, their solutions and the organization of the political system," said Jaafarli.
Lawyer Khalid Bagirov said that Mamedov is in good health and is in a pragmatic mood. He believes the charges are baseless.
"The whole world knows that Ilgar Mamedov was arrested by a political order. This was confirmed once again in the resolution adopted by the European Parliament, which ironically demanded his immediate and unconditional release," said the lawyer Bagirov.
"Azerbaijan is not Belarus. Azerbaijani officials go skiing in the Swiss Alps, hold events in Paris, Italy, and have business bank accounts in Europe. Therefore, sanctions against officials, law enforcement officers and judges will have an effect. Mamedov also raised this issue," said the activist of REAL Zohrab Ismail.
In anticipation of the visit of Ilham Aliyev to Brussels they decided to send a message to the heads of EU.
Director of the Institute of Political Management, political scientist Azer Gasymly has been summoned to the Main Police Department of Baku at 16:00 today. He wrote about it in facebook.
Adalyat Verdiyev, the head of the civil defense staff at the public legal entity Center for Public Health and Reform under the Ministry of Health, and a military expert, has been arrested. On November 22, during a media tour to the liberated territories, Verdiyev filmed and published information and images on his social media accounts revealing Azerbaijani Armed Forces' combat positions in the heights, deployment sites, coordinates, and operational conditions of the border troops. This disclosure caused significant damage to the interests of state security and defense capability. This was stated in a report from the General Prosecutor’s Office.
On Monday, the Baku Appeals Court considered the appeal of Talysh researcher Iqbal Abilov against the extension of his detention for another four months. The defense argued that the decision to extend Abilov's detention was unjustified, lawyer Fariz Namazly told reporters.
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