Advocate of Talekh Bagirzade claims being not allowed to visit his client
At the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1, where Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the movement "Muslim Unity", is being kept in custody, his advocate Elchin Sadygov was demanded to present a written permission from the Prosecutor's Office for a meeting with his client. The advocate has treated the request as a violation of the law.
Talekh Bagirzade was detained on November 26, 2015, in Nardaran, during a special operation, which sparked mass riots. The Bagirzade's advocate stated physical pressure on his client with the aim to extract confessions and force him to slander others.
"I was said that I was to present a letter from the Prosecutor's Office, allowing my meetings with Talekh Bagirzade. This is an absolutely illegal demand and a gross violation of the Talekh Bagirzade's right to protection," Elchin Sadygov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Earlier, according to the advocate, investigators had already introduced him to Talekh Bagirzade as a defender, after that he repeatedly visited his client.
"The law contains no requirement for an advocate to submit a letter from Prosecutor's Office in order to visit a client at SIZO. Therefore, I believe it is unlawful that the SIZO administration demands from me to submit such a letter and refuses to allow me to visit my client because of the lack of such paper," Elchin Sadygov has said.
The advocate has announced his intention to file a complaint to the administration of the Penitentiary Service.
Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.
Source: CK correspondent