The arrested blogger Rashad Agaaddin is tortured

Active user of facebook Ramazanov Rashad (Rashad Hagigat Agaaddin) , who is being kept  since May 9  in the Chief Directorate to Combat Organized Crime (CDCOC) of the Interior Ministry is subjected to torture, Turan was  told by the lawyer Rovsan Shiraliev.

The lawyer was able to visit him.

"I could not see his body. However, there were bruised and wounds on his head and hands.

Torture, physical and psychological pressure was so strong that the Rashad Ramazanov tried to commit suicide," said the lawyer. According to him,  they promised to transfer Ramazanov to jail, but  thereis not exact information about that yet.

    Ramazanov is charged under Article 234.4.3 (illegal possession and sale of drugs on a large scale),  and on May 10, Narimanov  district court arrested him for three months.

The blogger was arrested on May 9 at the metro station "20 January".  It is stated that police  found nine  grams of  heroin with  Ramazanov.  However, the Ramazanov denied the accusation, saying that the drugs were planted. The blogger is well known for harsh criticism of the Azerbaijani authorities in the facebook.

On May 17  the lawyer Aslan Ismailov stated about the threat to Ramazanov’s life  in connection, because the lawyer was not  allowed to meet with him.

  In turn,  Orhan Mansurzade, the employee of the press service of the Interior Ministry said that  CDCOC is under monitoring by the Ombudsman and the Committee against Torture, and the conditions there meet  the European standards.

"Allegations of  the lawyer about torture is a lie,"  said the representative of the Interior Ministry. —03B06- 

 

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