Youth PFPA activist T.Alisoy declares torturing him in Khatai police

Turkel Alisoy, a youth activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was arrested for 20 days, was  subject to ill treatment and tortures after being detained in the  Khatai police. Alisoy  himself  told about it in his  appeal to the PPFA Youth Committee from the Binagadi  prison. The text of his appeal was placed on the webpage of the Youth Committee of the PPFA in Facebook.

According to the activist, on  March 5 unknown girl call on his mobile phone  and introduced herself as a friend  of Bahruz Hasanli, previously arrested for 20 days. The girl asked Alisoy to take a parcel for Hasanli  who is in prison.

When Alicoy was waiting for  the  girl near the "Khagani"  Mall, he was detained by four law enforcement officers, and taken to the Khatai District Police. There he was beaten, and demanded "to work for the police." Then he was taken to the 35th branch of Khatai District Police Office.

 "There a chief Javid Usubov ordered  to handcuffed  me to a chair. he ordered to keep me in such state for 14 hours without any food, water  and cigarettes. In the morning  they ordered me to wrote that I resisted police," wrote Alicoy.

When  Alisoy  refused to sign the protocol  he was offered a choice: either he would be accused of illegal drug  possession,  and he will be brought to justice for it, or  he would admit  not subordination  the police, and will  have only administrative punishment. The young man was forced to sign a confession of not subordinate police.

Then he began  was beaten  badly again, and they demanded that Alisoy "helped" in the arrest  of Elnur Majidli ( PFPA activist , former "prisoner of conscience.") Alisoy refused and was beaten repeatedly.

According  to Alisoy, police also informed him that they have a complaint from the landlord of the flat which Alice previously rented . The owner complained that Alice allegedly stole money from the apartment, and did not pay the rent.

PPFA believes  that Alisoy is persecuted for political reasons, and  has been arrested  for participation in the march on February 26 near the memorial to the victims of the Khojaly genocide. In connection with this march five other activists of  PPFA  were also arrested, stated the party.

Turan failed to get comments  in the press service of the Interior Ministry.—06D--