Officials Disregard Mehriban Aliyeva Injury

A press-conference held on Tuesday in the Media Center regarding the violation of human rights and the arbitrariness of officials. Iftikhar Agayev, a villager Mollakend  in Kurdamir region, received industrial injury in 2007 at "Azbentonit" in Khirdalan while working with machine, he lost four fingers.

Immediately following his injury, an official representative of the industrial plant, a technical security department, and a chief engineer took him to the hospital Topchibashev, where Agayev was operated on. After his operation, Agayev was released to go home, and nothing was reported to the law enforcement agencies of the injury. Moreover, Agayev was threatened, and even was taken a hostage for a month, sucluded in a house where he was given only  bread and water. However, Agayev managed to escape from forced captivity.

   After that, the founder of the factory "Azbentonit" Aydin Mamedov and Chief Executive  Yasin Khalilov,  began to threaten to kill his mother if Agayev raised issues again.

    The plant did not establish a pension for him, only once he was paid  700 manat.   

The state Social Commission gave him the third group of disability, for which he received 30 manat a month. Moreover, the documents said that it was not a production, but a consumer injury. He had to leave the plant, and was transferred to work on gardening, and later as a guard. However, in 2010 Agayev was fired, allegedly for the theft of a storage battery.

     Iftikhar Agayev began to complain his issue  to the  Transport Minister Ziya Mamedov, who owns  the plant “Azbentonit” and to the  Ombudswoman, Elmira Suleymanova. However, Ziya Mamedov said that he did not have any relation to it, and the Ombudswoman said that she could not intervene.

   Agayev sent a telegram to Mehriban Aliyeva, who acknowledgd him 2010 with the participation of Ziya Mamedov and Elmira Suleymanova. "She called and told me not to be afraid,  and tell everything  how it happened. Mehriban Aliyeva  told  Ziya Mamedov,  to replace me to work. She also said that “Ziya Mammadov will lose his job if something happens to me," said Iftikhar Agayev. According to him, he was restored to the job, but 18 months later he was expelled.

     According to the lawyer Tagi Huseynov, there were a lot of violations and crimes against his client. He also recalled the order of the Cabinet in 2000, according to which all cases of occupational injuries and accidents must be registered.  The management of the plant not only concealed the fact of injury, but also took hostage its staff.

     Human rights activist, Alekper Mammadov said that the case should be put to the public notice. He is also going to send a request to the President, Interior Minister, Prosecutor General,  and the Ombudswoman. -04С-