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Resident of Mashtaga settlement in Baki
Khalilova Valida Memmed gizi appealed to Committee concerning his
son’s death during his military service.
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Resident of Salyan district Agayev
Ilyas Balakishi appealed to committee concerning his son’s execution
with tortures during his military service.
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Inhabitant of Qejer-Zeyid village of
Guba district Jamiyev Shemseddin Gurbet ohlu appealed to the
Committee with the fact of being beaten by Representative of
Execution Body of Guba district.
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Azerbaijan
Committee against Tortures (ACAT) was founded in 2002, and was
officially registered by the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan
in 2005. Purpose of the organization is to organize defense of
human rights, to discover victims of tortures, after discovering
to organize juridical aid to them, to expose the employees of
force structures, to monitor the conditions in detention
institutions under subordination of Ministry of Justice,
Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of National Security and
Ministry of Defense and prisoners in those institutions.
Director of the Committee Mr. Elchin Behbudov took part and
spoke on theme “Human rights and tortures” in international
conferences held by International Organization of Prison Reforms
in Bakuriani city of Georgia on February 14-17, 2005 and in
Vienna, Austria on 14-17 July, 2005 by the support of OCSE.
E. Behbudov is the expert of
OSCE on monitoring of detention centers at law-enforcement
bodies. And OSCE is the longterm partner of Azerbaijan Committe
Against Tortures.
The local NGO Democratic Instutions and Human Right Public Union
lead by Elchin Abdullayev is the longterm partner of Azerbaijan Committe
Against Tortures.
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If you want to get last reports
(for 2008) about torture facts in Azerbaijan prepared by ACAT then
please send you inquiry to following e-mail address:
elchinbehbudov@gmail.com
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Elchin Behbudov meets
with Mushfig Huseynov
Chief of Azerbaijani
Committee against Torture Elchin Behbudov visited jails #2 and 16 of
the Penitentiary Service, the human rights defender told APA. He
said that he had met with the correspondent of Bizim yol newspaper
Mushfig Huseynov in jail #2. The human rights defender said the
journalist suffered tuberculosis and did not feel well. Behbudov
said he had appealed to President Ilham Aliyev in connection with
Mushfig Huseynov’s disease. The committee chief said he had asked
the President to help release the journalist.
The human rights defender
said he had also met with Kazimov Vasif Mammadhasan, 50, in jail #16
at the request of his family. Behbudov said Kazimov could be
released because of his disease. Elchin Behbudov said he had
appealed to the president in connection with it.
Elchin Behbudov meets
with imprisoned editor-in-chief of “Tolishi Sedo”
Editor-in-chief of “Tolishi
Sedo” newspaper Novruzali Mammadov, who had been out into the
punishment cell for his rude attitude towards the jail warden in
jail #15, was released, chief of Azerbaijan Committee against
Torture Elchin Behbudov told APA. The committee chief said he had
visited jail #15 and met with the prisoner. Behbudov said Novruzali
Mammadov was put into punishment cell on January 15 for his rude
attitude towards the jail warden.
“67-year-old prisoner
complained of his health problems. I informed the jail
administration about it and the editor-in-chief was released from
the punishment cell earlier,” he said.
Editor-in-chief of “Tolishi
Sedo” newspaper Novruzali Mammadov faced charges under Article 274
(high treason) and Article 283 (excitation of national, racial or
religious hostility) of the Criminal Code. Court of Grave Crimes
sentenced the editor-in-chief to 10 years in jail.
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Elchin Behbudov visits
detention facility and jail
[ 24 Jun 2009 ]
Baku – APA. Chief of
Azerbaijan Committee against Torture Elchin Behbudov has visited
detention facility #3 in Shuvalan. Behbudov told APA that he visited
the jail basing on the complaints of four defendants. Elchin
Behbudov said they did not complain of detention conditions, but of
torture and pressure of inspectors.
The committee chief said he also met with editor-in-chief of
Talishi-sedo newspaper Novruzali Mammadov in jail #15. He suffered
from dyspnea, but did not accept the proposal to be transferred to
Justice Ministry’s Medical Facility.
“He wanted to be treated in the medical unit of the jail. Under the
order of the jail chief, Novruzali Mammadov was transferred to the
medical unit,” he said.
Elchin Behbudov monitored
Hajıgabul, Ujar, Kurdamir, Zardab, Goychay and Agsu regional police
departments
[ 3 July 2009 ]
Azpenalreform.az -Chairman
of Azerbaijan Anti-Torture Committee, Elchin Behbudov monitored
Hajıgabul, Ujar, Kurdamir, Zardab, Goychay and Agsu regional police
departments. He informed mass media that, during the monitoring he
observed repair work carried out in pre-trial jails of Ujar and
Kurdamir regional police departments and there were no serious
problems in others. The right defender investigated the reasons for
detention of owner Chingiz Mayilov in Goychay region. According to
E. Behbudov, Ilgar Eyyubov, inspector of the police department who
carried out preliminary inquiry acquainted him with the case.
Saying C. Mayilov was held
in Ganga pre-trial jail No. 2 of the Penitentiary Service, E.
Behbudov stressed the work is given under jurisdiction of Inquiry
Department of Interior Ministry.
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Last Meetings
 ACAT
intensifies cooperation with
international organizations in order to develop its
activity and held meetings for this purpose. Heads of ACAT held
meeting with Ms. Miriam Lanksoy, USA donor organization Senior
Program Officer of the Caucasus and
Central Asia
and discussed cooperation perspectives.
  Democratic
Institutions and Human Rights Social Union and Azerbaijan Committee
Against Torture held meeting with Mr. Vladlen Stefanov,
representative on the Caucasus and Middle Asia of UN. Human rights
and freedoms, torture facts and torture victims were discussed in
this meeting.
 The
head members of ACAT held meeting with Mrs. Susan Treadvell, deputy
of the Human Rights and Governance Program of Budapest Office of
Open Society Institute and with Mrs. Magda Adamovich, program
coordinator of the same program. The situation in Prisons of
Azerbaijan was discussed in the meeting.
 The
chairman, the famous expert of Helsinki Committee of Bulgaria Mr.
Krassimir Kinev arrived in Azerbaijan with the invitation of ACAT.
He held training to committee representatives regarding monitoring
in prisons. Then he held monitoring in the strict regime prison of
Penitentiary Office of Ministry of Justice and talked with prisons
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FINAL REPORT OF AZERBAIJAN COMMITTE AGAINST TORTURE FOR 2007
I. List
of the citizens executed by torture.
1.
Kamilov Imran Samandar oglu
– born in 1988, resident of Ismayilli city. At first he was
undergone the torture and then executed in the military unit No
N of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan at
about 23 o’clock on February 18, 2007. According to Kamala
Karman Samander oglu, his brother Tillman Akbar,
senior lieutenant, company commander and Khudaverdiyev, senior
lieutenant, platoon commander are guilty in the death of Imran.
2.
Mirzayev Vidadi Yadulla oglu
– born in 1960, resident of Jalilabad city. He died in the
Treatment Institution of the Penal Service of the Ministry of
Justice on May 24, 2007. According to his mother Mirzayeva
Sayyara Mirkazim gizi, Vidadi was arrested by the employees of
the Police Department of Jalilabad district in the middle of
May, he was sent to Baku on May 23, and his dead body was sent
to morgue at about 14 o’clock on May 24, she was notified about
this information by telegram on May 26, then the dead body
delivered to them at 00:45 on May 27 under closed cover.
II. List of the citizens subjected to the torture.
1. Aghayev Famil Misirkhan oglu – born in 1987, resident
of Aghdam region. He was subjected to severe torture as if while
rendering espionage service to the Armenians in the military
unit No N of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of
Azerbaijan on February 29, 2007, was beaten by delivering a
heavy blows by fists and kicks, truncheon to the different
regions of his body, and was kept hunger for a days.
2. Huseynov Fuad Ogtay oglu – resident of Ujar region. He
was subjected to severe torture by Anvar Guliyev, chairman of
Police Department of Ujar region on May 29, 2007. According to
his complaint to our Committee about being subjecting to the
torture under the order of Anvar Guliyev he was beaten severely
by Mahmud Magsudov, investigator and outraged. .
3. Jamiyev Shamsaddin Gurbat oglu – born on June 12,
1957, resident of Guba region. Sh.G.Jamiyev, invited to the
meeting during annual report of the Gajar Zeyid village
municipality of Guba region on January 21, 2007 asked in the
beginning of the meeting to conduct the meeting under the
requirements of the law and to put the problem related to the
condition of the fruit gardens of 10 ha which is in the balance
of the minicipality to the agenda.
for more info/full
report for 2007
If you want to get last reports (for 2008) of ACAT then please send you inquiry to following e-mail address:
elchinbehbudov@gmail.com
LEGISLATION
Azerbaijan Republic Constitution
and Legislation, as well as international legal standard acts
and Conventions that Azerbaijan joined, prohibit torture and
provide measures for its prevention. Notably, in the Article 46
of Azerbaijan Republic Constitution provides:
1) Every one has rights to prevent his/her dignity and honor
2) No one would be subjected to torture and agony. No one would
be undergone to medical or scientific examination.
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