Activist of the "Real" is tortured in police

An activist of the  REAL Movement Rahim Shaliev  was tortured in Sumgait City Police Department, said  his lawyer Yalcin Imanov, who visited Shaliev on  February 22 in  Sumgait police.  On  February 20 a member Sumgayit organization "REAL", a blogger Shaliev was arrested for 30 days on charges of hooliganism and police supervision.

Shaliev told the lawyer, that on February 20 he was taken away from home to the 4th department of Sumgayit police. From there he was taken to the city police department to the deputy head of the office. There he was interrogated about the Movement, local activists and the  structure.

Then he was accused of critical publications on Facebook, and demanded to tell the password profile.

After the refusal of the blogger to report information about the members of the "Real", he was taken to another room, where five police officers beat him severely. His fingers  were  broken, and traces of this are clearly visible, the lawyer said.

As a result of torture, the young man  felt ill,  but the torture did not stop, and  they beat him on the head.

After that, the activist was returned to the 4th police station, where wasdrawn up a false report that Shaliev allegedly sweared in the street on the phone and did not obey the police. From there he was taken to court, and was arrested for 30 days. However, from the court Shalieva returned to the city police department,  where he was forced to wash the toilet, and police shot it on video.

Then he was taken to a room where there were several women, where he was stripped and forced to wash the floor and also videotaped.

Then he was returned to the office of the deputy head, the interrogation  about the "REAL" continued. Failing to get a response, the young man was taken to another room where they contnued to beat him, and threatened with rape.

The torture only stopped when Shaliev threatened  to throw himself out of the window. According to the lawyer, now Shalieva suffers from severe pain in the head and has a hearing problem. The lawyer submitted an appeal against the court's decision  and the complint on tortures.--06D--