Another religious activist joins hunger strike in prisons

Baku/07.06.22/Turan: The hunger strike of the convicted leader of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM) Tale Bagirzade was supported by  Firudin Zeynalov, another believer in custody involved in the Ganja Case, said his relatives.

Earlier, Abbas Hussein and Jabbar Jabbarov, as well as journalist Polad Aslanov. joined a hunger strike  srated on June 3 by Bagirzade.  They protest against the use of torture by the police and blasphemy by law enforcement officers (insulting Allah).

On May 23, at a press conference, two religious activists, who were detained on May 20 near the building of the Baku Serious Crimes Court, announced the torture of the security forces and their insult to Allah at a press conference.

In turn, the head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs denied "the allegations of some users of social networks about allegedly insulting our religion by the police." He called these "slanderous" reports rumors aimed at discrediting the police, which happened in the past.

According to Zahidov, the Azerbaijani police treat all religions with respect, including “the sacred religion, which they treat. —30В06-