ICRC representatives visit Azerbaijani Guantanamo detainee Polad Sirajov

The ICRC office in Baku told APA the objective of the visit was not only to meet Sirajov but to familiarize with living conditions in the prison as they often do.

"The ICRC representatives also visited Polad Sirajov in one of the meetings," the Office reports.

Spokesman of ICRC office in Baku Gulnaz Guliyeva said that Sirajov's family has many times applied to ICRC for getting in touch with him and finally, the family can exchange letters with Sirajov by means of the organization.

"We have special and reliable line - "Red Cross Messages" to organize the families staying in touch with the detainees. Polad’s family is now staying in touch with him through this line.

Azerbaijani citizen Polad Sirajov received higher education in Turkey. He is economist and translator. As his family says, he worked in Russia for a short period of time and now he is being held in Guantanamo prison facing the charge of having links with international terrorist organizations.

According to regular reports, his family and human rights defenders to media, Sirajov is being treated in a rehabilitation center of the prison. He is also reported to have officially appealed to the prison authorities for his extradition to Russia.