The leader of Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA) Movsum Samedov who is serving his sentence in the Gobustan prison was placed to the solitary confinement. His lawyer believes that Samedov was punished for declaring them on 29 August an open-ended hunger strike in protest against a referendum on the amendments to the Constitution. Samadov said that amendments are reactionary, and their adoption would mean the country's monarchy. On 3 September Samedov’s lawyer Yalchin Imanov visited Gobustan jail to meet with his client. However, Imanov was not allowed to meet with Samedov under the pretext that the Saturday was not a working day. In fact, according to Imanov, Saturday is a working day for all penal institutions.
The lawyer believes that the real reason for preventing his meeting with Samedov became placing him in a solitary confinement due to the hunger strike. The lawyer called it the arbitrariness of prison officers and a gross violation of the rights of Samedov. Turan failed t get comments in the Prison Service. Samedov was arrested in January 2011 after severely criticizing the Azerbaijani authorities for corruption and violation of the rights of believers. On October 7 of that year, Samedov and a number of IPA and theologians, activists were sentenced to long prison terms on charges of illegal possession of weapons, trying to seize power, and others.
Samedov was sentenced to 12 years in prison. The European Court started communication on his case. On October 9, 2014 by the decision of the Garadagh District Court Samedov was transferred from jail N12 in the Gobustan prison with strict regime for 2 years. Tighter conditions were motivated by the breach of discipline by Samedov. However, according to some information, the true reason was the growing popularity of Samedov among prisoners, many of whom began to make religious rituals.—06B--
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It will be cloudy and rainy in Baku and Absheron on 14 February. Wind will be north-west, gusty. Air temperature at night +2+4, during the day + 5+7. Humidity 75-85%.
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At the "Julfa" customs post of the Nakhchivan customs, during an inspection of a truck from Iran that was transiting to Türkiye, 101.4 kg of methamphetamine was found in the fuel tank and heating system tank.
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This year, 22,000 foreign language teachers and an additional 4,000 teachers who were unable to pass certification last year will be involved in the certification process, the director of the state agency for preschool and general education, Eshgi Bagirov, announced on February 12. According to him, of the 65,000 teachers involved in the certification, 55,000 passed successfully and received salary supplements. At the same time, employment contracts were terminated with 5,000 teachers who did not pass the certification.
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