Human rights activists condemn the pressure on the new Talysh organization

Committee to Protect Hilal Mammadov, Chief Editor of "Tolyshi Sado" ("Voice of the Talysh"),  made a statement of protest against the attack on the newly created Democratic Union  of Talyshes for the Azerbaijani Statehood (DUTAS.)

The Committee, in particular, condemned the blackmailing  campaign against DUTAS by the ruling party "Yeni Azerbaijan" unnecessarily blaming the new structure of separatism.

The statement says that the statute and program has nothing directed against the Azerbaijani statehood.

The statement also indicated that the two co-founders  of DUTAS  Mehdibek Safarov and Eldaniz Guliyev are members of the Committee to protect the rights of Mammadov,  and love their country as much as  the ruling  party "Yeni Azerbaijan."

Committee calls for an end to the campaign against DUTAS.

Statement  was signed by the co-chairs of the Committee to protect the rights of Mammadov, the co-head of the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly, Arzu Abdullayeva, and the  founder of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" ("Voice of the Talysh"), Rafig Jalilov.—06D--