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Sadig Gozalov: â€œParviz Deyistaniâ€™s arrest cannot cast shadow on the activity of Elchin Behbudov and the committeeâ€

22 May 2009 15:34 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. â€œWhen Parviz Deyistani was detained over counterfeit ID cards, the card of Azerbaijan Committee against Torture was found on him,â€ spokesman for Interior Ministry, Colonel Sadig Gozalov told APA. The spokesman took a stance on the appeal of chief of Azerbaijan Committee against Torture Elchin Behbudov to Interior Minister Ramil Usubov.
â€œElchin Behbudov said Parviz Deyistani was dismissed from the committee last month. But the committeeâ€™s card was on him, when he was detained. Parviz Deyistani said he was member of Azerbaijan Committee against Torture. Anyway, the action, arrest of this person cannot cast shadow on the activity of Elchin Behbudov and the committee,â€ he said.
Gozalov did not agree with Elchin Behbudov, who regarded the press serviceâ€™s report about Deyistaniâ€™s arrest as biased position.
â€œThere was no biased position in our report. We refute it,â€ he said.
Information about the detention of Deyistani was posted on the official website pf Interior Ministryâ€™s press service. The officers of the Interior Ministryâ€™s Department to Combat Organized Crimes arrested Baku residents â€“ editor of Baku Cartography Factory of Azerbaijan State Land and Cartography Committee Irina Konovalova and co-founder of the nongovernmental organization Committee against Torture Parviz Deyistani. Konovalovaâ€™s house was searched, blanks, certificates, document samples, floppy disks with various seals, computer and scanner were confiscated.
Department to Combat Organized Crimes has launched criminal case on the fact, investigation is underway.