NEMAT PANAHLI GOES ON HUNGER STRIKE IN PRISON

There is a threat to the life of Azerbaijan National Statehood party chairman Nemat Panahli, who is serving sentence in jail #17, said former editor-in-chief of the PS Nota newspaper Sardar Alibayli, at a press conference in IRFS Media Center on Wednesday.

According to Alibayli, Panahli was again placed in a punishment cell on December18, allegedly for violating prison rules. The first time he had spent 10 days in the punishment cell on December 6-16.

According to Alibayli, Panahli has been on a hunger strike since December 13, which is dangerous, because he suffers from diabetes. The prison management, constantly provoke Panahli to do something illegal. "The administration knows Panahli is sensitive to injustice against prisoners. Thus, on December 6, there was a serious conflict, and troops were brought to the jail. The incident was not publicized. Alibayli said, almost all prisoners were brutally beaten by the troops, and Panahli was put into a punishment cell for 10 days.

"Panahli face this pressure because he defends the rights of other prisoners. As a former prisoner, I know how he is tortured. Nemat Panahli does not deserve it, he loves his people" said former defense minister Rahim Gaziyev.
"Main purpose of the press conference is to tell about the terrible conditions in detention facilities, particularly, in jail #17. We want to raise awareness of prisoner abuse, and the danger which threatens Nemat Panahli," said Alibayli. He believes that "the authorities deliberately want to eliminate Panahli as they fear his impact on the public."

Panahli was arrested in January of 2011, and sentenced to six years in prison on charges of hooliganism and inflicting bodily injuries.

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