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Azerbaijani human rights activist appeals to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

21 January 2011 [16:55] - TODAY.AZ
Chairman of Azerbaijani Committee against Torture Elchin Behbudov has sent a letter to President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
In his letter, Behbudov expressed his concern over the torture and inhuman treatment of the Iranian Azerbaijanis in the prisons in Iran.

“We express our strict objection. We can not turn a bling eye to torture towards Azerbaijanis,” he said.

Elchin Behbudov asked President of Iran to give him permission to monitor several prisons, where the Azerbaijanis are held, and meet with them.


/APA/
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