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Famous human rights activist Emil Mammadov is detained in Saliyan region
A head of a local NGO "Promoting Democracy", Emil Mammadov, was detained in Saliyan region on suspicion of extortion. He himself managed to tell Turan about it on the telephone from Salyan district police. Later Mamedov’s phone was disconnected.
Earlier, on April 17, another activist of the NGO "Promoting Democracy", Tofig Gasimov, was arrested for two months on charges of extortion. Under pressure , he slandered Mamedov and refused independent lawyer. In exchange, they promised to release, but after giving testimonies, the court chose preventive measure against Gasimov.
Thereafter , Mamedov was repeatedly summoned to the police of Salyan , where the heads of various regional departments – post office, financial management, and others evidenced against him that he allegedly extorted money from them in exchange for not publishing compromising information on the Internet. In the course of "confrontations" the regional officials accused him of "hostile activity with the grants from the U.S. Embassy," but these statements are not reflected in the records of investigative activities. Previously Mammadov himself told about it Turan. He called these charges a fiction. Mammadov said that the lawsuit was falsified by the leadership of Salyan for exposing corruption in their region.
* NGOs "Promoting Democracy" is one of the most active civil society institutions in the southern region. Its head Mammadov repeatedly publicized cases of corruption in the structures of the region’s authorities , as well as defended the civil rights of local residents . This NGO was involved in several projects of the network of civilian control in the mining industry.
This caused severe irritation of the authorities , and they launched a campaign against the activists accusing him of anti-state activities.
*Emil Mammadov is known as an intelligent, moral person. Thank to his activity, an agreements was signed between the administration of iodine plant and the local community in Neftichala on environmental protection, between the oil production in Salyan and the local community on the development of local infrastructure and environment, the rights of the local oil industry workers and staff during the construction of the Baku-Alat road were protected. Thanks to Mamedov were preserved from destruction by the builders of the Baku-Alat road ancient burial jars, and an expedition of the National Academy of Sciences was formed. Emil Mammadov played an important role in eliminating the consequences of the 2010 floods in Salyan. Through organized interaction with the executive power it became possible to solve many problems, including receiving compensation, providing housing, safe functioning of the Kura river bed, etc. -06B—
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- Politics
- 14 May 2014 12:01
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