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Ombudsman appeals to General Prosecutor on detainment of APFP Youth Committeeâ€™s member

10 February 2011 14:38 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Parvin Abbasov â€“ APA. Resident of Sumgayit city T. Aliyeva appealed to the Azerbaijani Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) Elmira Suleymanova and said that the criminal case which had been launched against her son Jabbar Savalanli, was groundless, press service of Ombudsmanâ€™s Office told APA.

According to the Ombudspersonâ€™s order, the employees of her office went to investigation isolator No. 3 of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice in Shuvelan, where Savalanli was detained, met with him face to face.

Savalanli said that he was detained by the employees of Sumgayit CPD, said that he was not exposed to the violence and cruel treatment during his arrest and isolation. At the same time, he said that he was exposed to psychological coercion for admitting his guilt in that police department.

No signs of injury were found in his body during body examination.

Ombudsman appealed to the General Prosecutor, asked him to check the cases in the appeal, to take the measures and inform her about the results.

Savalanli is the member of APFP Youth Committee.