UNIBANK does not issue money of Arif Yunus

Baku/27.05.14/Turan : The open JSC Unibank still refuses to issue from  the personal account  of Arif Yunus - head of the department of the Institute of Peace and Democracy. According to the of Arif Yunus,  Leyla Yunus, Director of IPD, today he again appealed to bank for money. On April 24 Yunus wanted to take   8,740 euros from the current account in the  STB Unibanka branch , but he denied this was "due to  absence of money." 

The next day, the refusal was explained by "technical problems." As a result , on April 28 the head of the security office of the bank  (by name Vagif ) referred to the decision of Nasimi Court , and said the money will not be issued.  Later, however,  Leyla Yunus was not there was not such a decision  from the Prosecutor Office. Leyla Yunus said that today in the  bank Arif  Yunusov was told that the issue of money was prohibited  by the order of the Head of the Security Department of the bank Davud Rzayev.

"From  12:30 to  16:00 Arif could not get an appointment with this man or call him   on the telephone number 541-33-33 , which he gave. This is a general telephone number of the bank , and Arif was  said that Davud  Rzayev was not in," said L.Yunus. Later, she called  on this telephone  number, and was connected with Yusif Mammadov,  who was presented as the head of the deposits  security department. According to  Leyla Yunus, he could not explain the reason for refusal to issue money. "When I asked him how can  the head of the Security Department  prohibit the issuance of the customer's money, Mamedov said he did not know it ,"  said L.Yunus . She called the bank's actions " lawlessness."  An appeal was made against the actions of the bank , but it is not known when it will be considered.  The Yunus family  cannot get back their  foreign passport seized during the arrest at the Baku airport on April 28. Complaints to the courts have failed. Lawyer Khalid Bagirov said he was preparing materials for filing a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights, as Nasimi and Baku Appeals Court rejects appeal of  Leyla Yunus  for illegal confiscation of passports.  The Open JSC Unibank  does not comment on statements of  Yunus. -06D—