Baku/22.06.23/Turan: On June 22, the Khatai District Court of Baku, based on the petition of the investigative body, extended the preventive measure against human rights activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev for another month, until July 28. The investigative body explained its petition by bringing forward new charges against Khakhjiyev.
Lawyer Rovshana Rahimli told Turan that Hajiyev called the accusations against him fictitious and made to order.
"He has no complaints about detention, but he brought to the attention of the court that he could not send his letters and complaints from the penitentiary," Rahimli said.
*Bakhtiyar Hajiyev was arrested on December 9 last year on charges of hooliganism and contempt of court. On the same day, the Khatai District Court sentenced him to 1 month and 20 days in prison.
On January 9, 2023, the Court of Appeal denied his release and he resumed his hunger strike. On January 21, the court extended his arrest for a month, and on February 23 for another two months - on April 28.
February 28 - on the 51st day of the hunger strike, Hajiyev ended the hunger strike.
Representatives of the US State Department, the US Senate, the European Union, the Council of Europe and a number of international NGOs have repeatedly demanded the release of Hajiyev from prison.
On June 16, he was charged with new charges of illegal business, legalization of proceeds from crime, falsification of documents and smuggling.
The new charges against Azeri activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev are related to receiving grants from a European Endowment for Democracy (EED) the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety said. The organization expressed fears that Hajiyev's case would become a precedent, after which a wave of persecution of other activists and human rights defenders on similar charges could begin.-21B06-
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