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    Azad Azarbaycan TV, Baku, in Azeri
    11 Mar 04

    Azeri ombudsman urges interior chief to prevent police mistreatment


    [Presenter in studio] Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova has appealed to
    Interior Minister Ramil Usubov over the rude treatment of citizens by
    the police. The Azerbaijani rights activist has sent another appeal
    to her Hungarian counterpart.

    [Correspondent] The ombudsman is expected to report on the human
    rights situation at the Milli Maclis at the end of this month.
    According to Azerbaijani ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova, her
    institution has discovered that employees of the law-enforcement
    bodies maltreat citizens. In this connection, an appeal has been sent
    to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

    [Suleymanova] We don't have information that people are being
    tortured by the police, but there is rude treatment. Our appeal also
    concerns general improvements in the work of the police and the role
    it can play in restoring human rights and in cooperating with the
    ombudsman's institute.

    [Correspondent] The ombudsman also said that she had appealed to her
    Hungarian counterpart asking for assistance in ensuring a fair trial
    for Ramil Safarov who is suspected of killing an Armenian officer in
    Budapest.

    [Suleymanova] We have appealed to the Hungarian ombudsman over Ramil
    Safarov's case and I hope that this can contribute to the fair trial
    of our citizen.
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