Fuad Gahramanli refused to testify to the investigation

Baku/06.08.20/Turan: Today the lawyer Bahruz Bayramov, at last, was allowed to see his client, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party Fuad Gahramanli in Baku S detention center N1.

Bayramov told Turan that the meeting lasted a couple of minutes, during which Gahramanli refused the services of this lawyer.  

“He thanked me, saying that there is no need for his defense yet,” the lawyer said.  

Gahramanli said that he did not give any evidence, including confessions, to the investigation.

When asked whether Gahramanli had complained of torture, the lawyer replied. “He did not say anything about it, saying only that there was no need for my participation.”

When asked how Gahramanli looked and what his condition was, the lawyer found it difficult to give an unambiguous answer, noting, "I am not a doctor, it is difficult for me to say something."

Fuad Gahramanli was arrested on July 23 in connection with the demonstrations on July 15 and charged under four Articles of the Criminal Code, including Article 278 (violent seizure of power).

Human rights activists said that he was being severely tortured in order to extract from him testimony against the leader of the Popular Front Party, Ali Karimli. — 06B-