Residents of Ismailli are accused on the same charges as residents of Guba region

Employees of the Ombudsman Office visited 12 people arrested on the events in Ismailli region on  23-24 January in the  Chief  Department to  Combat Organized Crime (CDCOC) of the Interior Ministry.  MIA "These people did not complain about the conditions of detention and the treatment", according to the  press-service of the Ombudsman Office.

lawsuits have been filed against 10 of the, by the Investigation Office for Serious Crimes  of the Prosecutor General Office under  the Articles of the Criminal Code of  Azerbaijan: 186.2.1 "intentional destruction or damage of property with big damage to the victim), 233 (violation of public order), and 315.2 (resistance or violence against a government representative.) The participants of the events of the last year  in Guba region were accused under the same  Articles. 

Two more people, a manager of the  "Chirag" hotel and another man are charged with disorderly conduct. All the defendants have been  provided with lawyers, reported the employees of the Ombudsman Office, though they did not appear  in riots on January 23-24 in Ismailli region. 

In turn, the head of the Committee against Torture, Elchin Behbudov, and his assistant Elchin Shirinov, also visited CDCOC’s jail.  According to Elchin Behbudov, he met with 12 detainees, including the administrator of the  "Chirag" Hotel,  Emin Shamdinova and Baku resident, Elmeddin Mammadov.  The first admitted his guilt, saying that during the incident he was drunk. As for Elmeddin Mamedov, he does not consider himself guilty. He saw that Shamdinov was attacked, and came to help him.

Behbudov also spoke with residents  of Ismailli region. "We  examined their bodies, but did not see the signs of beatings. They did not complain about the conditions of detention and treatment," said  the human rights activist. -16B04-