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LAWYER DEFENDING RIGHTS OF POLITICAL ACTIVISTS ARRESTED IN AZERBAIJAN
17:53 26/11/2014 " POLITICS
Human rights activist Elchin Namazov is arrested for 15 days on
charges of not abidance to the police, his brother, Akram Namazov
told the Azerbaijani news agency "Turan" today.
As noted in the article, in the office of Elchin Namazov a search is
conducted and documents, including judicial records, are seized. He
is presented there as a defender.
"At the same time the detainee is kept in the General Directorate for
Combating Organized Crime at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and
no lawyer is allowed to see him. All this gives reason to believe
that law enforcement agencies may be preparing criminal charges
against him by the end of the period of administrative detention,"
the publication reads.
It is also noted that in the past Namazov has been a lawyer and there
were political activists among his clients.
In 2011, he was expelled from the Bar Association, when defending the
rights of Rufat Hajibeyli, young activist from "Musavat" party, who
was arrested for taking part in anti-governmental protest on Fountain
Square in Baku on 2 April of the same year. After that, Namazov was
engaged in human rights activities and was performing in the trials
of civil cases as a legal representative, the publication read.
Source: Panorama.am
From: A. Papazian
17:53 26/11/2014 " POLITICS
Human rights activist Elchin Namazov is arrested for 15 days on
charges of not abidance to the police, his brother, Akram Namazov
told the Azerbaijani news agency "Turan" today.
As noted in the article, in the office of Elchin Namazov a search is
conducted and documents, including judicial records, are seized. He
is presented there as a defender.
"At the same time the detainee is kept in the General Directorate for
Combating Organized Crime at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and
no lawyer is allowed to see him. All this gives reason to believe
that law enforcement agencies may be preparing criminal charges
against him by the end of the period of administrative detention,"
the publication reads.
It is also noted that in the past Namazov has been a lawyer and there
were political activists among his clients.
In 2011, he was expelled from the Bar Association, when defending the
rights of Rufat Hajibeyli, young activist from "Musavat" party, who
was arrested for taking part in anti-governmental protest on Fountain
Square in Baku on 2 April of the same year. After that, Namazov was
engaged in human rights activities and was performing in the trials
of civil cases as a legal representative, the publication read.
Source: Panorama.am
From: A. Papazian