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Emergency situation in Azerbaijani prisons: two ``lifers'' die, one
convicted commits suicide
19:38 27/01/2014 » SOCIETY
Two "lifers" died in Azerbaijan, and one of the prisoners committed
suicide. The stress and violence that is experienced in condemned
cells as well as healthcare problems turn the life sentence into a
death penalty.
According to the Azerbaijani news agency "Turan", last Saturday in
Kyurdahanskii detention unit an inmate Nijat Ibragimov from Salyan
region of Azerbaijan committed suicide, told Emil Mammadov the head of
the "Promoting Democracy" NGO acting in Salyan. According to him,
Ibragimov committed suicide in his cell.
In the Penitentiary Service of Azerbaijani Justice Ministry they
confirmed the fact of suicide. In the public relations department of
the Penitentiary Service they stated that the causes of suicide are
being investigated.
Ibragimov was arrested in September last year and on 28 December, was
sentenced to two years' imprisonment under article 234.1 (illegal
purchase or storage of narcotics or psychotropic substances without a
purpose of selling in quantities exceeding necessary for personal
consumption) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.
As the Azerbaijani news agency "Salamnnews" reports in 2014 the deaths
of the life sentenced continued in Azerbaijan, the Human Rights Center
of Azerbaijan informed the agency.
Thus, on January 10 in colony number 3, the 39-year-old Ibrahim oglu
Elshan Ibrahimov died of tuberculosis, who was sentenced in 1995 and
who spent nearly three years awaiting for execution.
On January 15, in Central Prison Hospital, died Kuzahmedov Tofig
Yakubovich of throat cancer. He was arrested in 1994 and was held in
detention for almost 20 years, including two years in condemned cells
in Bailov prison. He died 6 days after being transferred from prison
to hospital.
Thus, of the 128 condemned man, whose death sentence was commuted to
life imprisonment in February 1998, died already 42, which is every
third. There is reason to believe that at the end of the year may die
three more former death row inmates, the article reads.
"E. Ibragimov's and T. Kuzahmedov's premature deaths from disease
raise many questions. In particular, about the registration of
terminally ill prisoners which has been practicing a few years ago, as
well as the duration of the "tariff-time" required to apply for
parole. Today it makes 25 years for all lifers, regardless of the type
of the crime committed and their personal qualities.
Stress and violence, experienced at the death rows, the healthcare
problems, make this opportunity illusory, and for criminals arrested
at age of 50 and older, a life sentence actually becomes a slow
death," the article reads.
The U.S. State Department report published in May 2013 states about
tortures and ill-treatment in police and military prisons of
Azerbaijan, as a result of which died at least 4 people.
Source: Panorama.am
convicted commits suicide
19:38 27/01/2014 » SOCIETY
Two "lifers" died in Azerbaijan, and one of the prisoners committed
suicide. The stress and violence that is experienced in condemned
cells as well as healthcare problems turn the life sentence into a
death penalty.
According to the Azerbaijani news agency "Turan", last Saturday in
Kyurdahanskii detention unit an inmate Nijat Ibragimov from Salyan
region of Azerbaijan committed suicide, told Emil Mammadov the head of
the "Promoting Democracy" NGO acting in Salyan. According to him,
Ibragimov committed suicide in his cell.
In the Penitentiary Service of Azerbaijani Justice Ministry they
confirmed the fact of suicide. In the public relations department of
the Penitentiary Service they stated that the causes of suicide are
being investigated.
Ibragimov was arrested in September last year and on 28 December, was
sentenced to two years' imprisonment under article 234.1 (illegal
purchase or storage of narcotics or psychotropic substances without a
purpose of selling in quantities exceeding necessary for personal
consumption) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.
As the Azerbaijani news agency "Salamnnews" reports in 2014 the deaths
of the life sentenced continued in Azerbaijan, the Human Rights Center
of Azerbaijan informed the agency.
Thus, on January 10 in colony number 3, the 39-year-old Ibrahim oglu
Elshan Ibrahimov died of tuberculosis, who was sentenced in 1995 and
who spent nearly three years awaiting for execution.
On January 15, in Central Prison Hospital, died Kuzahmedov Tofig
Yakubovich of throat cancer. He was arrested in 1994 and was held in
detention for almost 20 years, including two years in condemned cells
in Bailov prison. He died 6 days after being transferred from prison
to hospital.
Thus, of the 128 condemned man, whose death sentence was commuted to
life imprisonment in February 1998, died already 42, which is every
third. There is reason to believe that at the end of the year may die
three more former death row inmates, the article reads.
"E. Ibragimov's and T. Kuzahmedov's premature deaths from disease
raise many questions. In particular, about the registration of
terminally ill prisoners which has been practicing a few years ago, as
well as the duration of the "tariff-time" required to apply for
parole. Today it makes 25 years for all lifers, regardless of the type
of the crime committed and their personal qualities.
Stress and violence, experienced at the death rows, the healthcare
problems, make this opportunity illusory, and for criminals arrested
at age of 50 and older, a life sentence actually becomes a slow
death," the article reads.
The U.S. State Department report published in May 2013 states about
tortures and ill-treatment in police and military prisons of
Azerbaijan, as a result of which died at least 4 people.
Source: Panorama.am