Lawyer calls on authorities to release Huseyn Abdullayev

Baku/29.06.21/Turan: The decisions of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Arrests are not being implemented with regard to ex-MP Huseyn Abdullayev, stated his lawyer Javad Javadov. In August 2020, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Arrests decided to release immediately Abdullayev. He was held in solitary confinement for 18 months in a pre-trial detention center and was deprived of the opportunity to meet and telephone with family members.

This, as well as a hunger strike with demands to observe his rights, undermined the health of the ex-deputy. Thus, in the Medical Institution of the Penitentiary Service, Abdullayev was diagnosed with third-degree hypertension, astheno-neurotic condition, hemorrhoids, and prostate adenoma. Since it is impossible to treat these diseases in prison, the risk of Abdullayev's death is great, the lawyer notes.

He also pointed to the non-execution of the ECHR decision on the appeal against the verdict of May 18, 2007, when Abdullayev was conditionally convicted. This sentence was combined with the second sentence by the Military Court decision of October 1, 2019. The lawyer called on the authorities to comply with these decisions and release Abdullayev.

* Huseyn Abdullayev, a native of the Nakhchivan region in the 1990s, held leading positions in the oil and oil products business. Groups of thugs under his control took part in dispersing opposition protests.

In 2005, Abdullayev became a member of parliament and criticized the activities of the Cabinet of Ministers. In March 2007, at a parliamentary meeting, MP Fazail Agamaly provoked Abdullayev to a fight. However, only Abdullayev was punished. He was first arrested, and later sentenced for hooliganism to 2 years of probation. In 2013, he emigrated from Azerbaijan. Some time later, a criminal case was opened against him on tax charges.

While living in Germany, Abdullayev prepared and published on the social network a number of songs calling for mass protests. On April 22, 2018, Abdullayev was detained in Turkey, where he arrived from Germany, and extradited to Azerbaijan.

In Baku he was charged under the Articles of the Criminal Code 192.2.2 (illegal business with the extraction of large income), 178.2.1 (fraud), 178.2.2, 178.2.4 (fraud), 182.2.1 (extortion by threats by prior conspiracy of persons), 182.2.2 (the same actions repeated) and 182.2.4 (the same actions committed with inflicting large damage on the victim).  He was subsequently sentenced to 6 years in prison. -06B-