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  • Emergency situation in Azerbaijani prisons: two ``lifers'' die, one

    Emergency situation in Azerbaijani prisons: two ``lifers'' die, one
    convicted commits suicide

    19:38 27/01/2014 » SOCIETY


    Two "lifers" died in Azerbaijan, and one of the prisoners committed
    suicide. The stress and violence that is experienced in condemned
    cells as well as healthcare problems turn the life sentence into a
    death penalty.

    According to the Azerbaijani news agency "Turan", last Saturday in
    Kyurdahanskii detention unit an inmate Nijat Ibragimov from Salyan
    region of Azerbaijan committed suicide, told Emil Mammadov the head of
    the "Promoting Democracy" NGO acting in Salyan. According to him,
    Ibragimov committed suicide in his cell.

    In the Penitentiary Service of Azerbaijani Justice Ministry they
    confirmed the fact of suicide. In the public relations department of
    the Penitentiary Service they stated that the causes of suicide are
    being investigated.

    Ibragimov was arrested in September last year and on 28 December, was
    sentenced to two years' imprisonment under article 234.1 (illegal
    purchase or storage of narcotics or psychotropic substances without a
    purpose of selling in quantities exceeding necessary for personal
    consumption) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.

    As the Azerbaijani news agency "Salamnnews" reports in 2014 the deaths
    of the life sentenced continued in Azerbaijan, the Human Rights Center
    of Azerbaijan informed the agency.

    Thus, on January 10 in colony number 3, the 39-year-old Ibrahim oglu
    Elshan Ibrahimov died of tuberculosis, who was sentenced in 1995 and
    who spent nearly three years awaiting for execution.

    On January 15, in Central Prison Hospital, died Kuzahmedov Tofig
    Yakubovich of throat cancer. He was arrested in 1994 and was held in
    detention for almost 20 years, including two years in condemned cells
    in Bailov prison. He died 6 days after being transferred from prison
    to hospital.

    Thus, of the 128 condemned man, whose death sentence was commuted to
    life imprisonment in February 1998, died already 42, which is every
    third. There is reason to believe that at the end of the year may die
    three more former death row inmates, the article reads.

    "E. Ibragimov's and T. Kuzahmedov's premature deaths from disease
    raise many questions. In particular, about the registration of
    terminally ill prisoners which has been practicing a few years ago, as
    well as the duration of the "tariff-time" required to apply for
    parole. Today it makes 25 years for all lifers, regardless of the type
    of the crime committed and their personal qualities.

    Stress and violence, experienced at the death rows, the healthcare
    problems, make this opportunity illusory, and for criminals arrested
    at age of 50 and older, a life sentence actually becomes a slow
    death," the article reads.

    The U.S. State Department report published in May 2013 states about
    tortures and ill-treatment in police and military prisons of
    Azerbaijan, as a result of which died at least 4 people.

    Source: Panorama.am

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