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Right activist Elchin Behbudov meets with prisoner Zakir Nasirov

08 April 2007 [11:30] - TODAY.AZ
The chairman of Azerbaijan Committee against Tortures Elchin Behbudov met the prisoner of detention isolator ? 1 in Bayil of Penitentiary Service of Justice Ministry, former chief of Interior Ministry's Main Criminal Investigation Department.

Elchin Behbudov told APA that Zakir Nasirov refuted the reports spread in mass media on torture, inhuman treatment, bad detention conditions and other pressures by police. Elchin Behbudov said Zakir Nasirov is kept in the prison ward for four men.

Zakir Nasirov did not complain of health problems. He regarded the court's decision as unjust and said his lawyers filed an appeal against it.

Elchin Behbudov also met with Suleyman Suleymanov, arrested on woman trafficking and Iranian businessman Movsum Ruhi, accused of business fraud.

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