The health of Zamin Salayev, who has been on a hunger strike for 23 days, has worsened

Baku/02.03.23/Turan: The  health of Zamin Salayev, an activist of the Popular Front Party, who is on a hunger strike for 23 days in the Baku pre-trial detention center-1, continues to deteriorate. According to  his  son Ogtai Salaeyv, on March 2, in a telephone conversation, his father said that he was being refused transfer to the sanitary part of the pre-trial detention center.

"My father said that he had already lost 25 kg. Yesterday he had another bleeding in his stomach. However, he intends to continue his hunger strike until justice is restored against him," the son said.

A lawyer Nemat Kerimli told Turan that the illegal ban on Salayev's meetings with relatives has not been lifted. The Penitentiary Service stated that if Salayev has problems, he can file a complaint with the Penitentiary Service.

*On February 8, the Garadagh District Court of Baku arrested Zamin Salayev for three months. A  lawsuit has been filed against him under  the Article 221.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism – the use of force against the victim with the use of weapons or objects used as weapons). He faces up to 5 years in prison.

Zamin Salayev stated in court that he did not attack anyone, on the contrary, he was attacked himself. "When I got out of a taxi in the Lokbatan district of Baku, an unknown person insulted me and rushed with a knife. I tried to defend myself and run away from the scene, pushing the attacker away. Immediately after that, I was stopped by plainclothes police officers and taken to the Garadagh district police department, accompanied by 4 police cars," Salaev told the judges of the Baku Court of Appeal on February 20. However, the court did not satisfy his complaint and kept him under arrest. ---B06---