Hilal Mammadov is not permitted to send letters

Committee to Protect Rights  of the arrested editor of "Tolyshi Sado" newspaper, Hilal Mammadov, held a regular meeting on Friday, which examined the problems raised at the previous meeting on July 27.

As it was  planned,  they prepared the draft  of legal opinion on  the violation of the human rights  of Mammadov, both during the arrest, and after it, as well as articles, portrait, representing him as a person and a citizen.

Following  the discussions and making amendments and proposals, it was decided to finalize and present  these documents to the next meeting  in order to further spread to the public.

The  meeting participants  noted  that the staff of the Baku detention facility illegally restricted the opportunity  for Mammadov  to send  letters.

It was also decided to make a request to change the preventive measure because of his chronic disease, asthma.

Lawyers of  Mammadov informed that no investigative activities  are carried out.

Chief editor of "Tolyshi Sado" and the deputy head of the Talysh Cultural Centre, Hilal Mammadov, was arrested  on June 21 on charges of drug possession. However, on July 4  new charges  were  put forward  against him under Articles 274 (treason) and 283.2.2 (inciting national, racial, social and religious hatred, hostility, and ethnic discrimination).

The local and international democratic community   is convinced  that Mammadov  has been persecuted on political grounds for active civil and human rights activities.

Mammadov is the author of a popular online video  of Azerbaijani meykhana "Who are you? Come on, goodbye."—0—