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Body of editor-in-chief of Tolishi Sedo newspaper who died in jail will be handed over to his family

18 August 2009 14:51 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elnur Mammadli â€“ APA. The body of former department chief of Linguistics Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, editor-in-chief of the Tolishi Sedo newspaper Novruzali Mammadov, who died in the medical facility of Justice Ministry, will be handed over to his family, spokesman for Justice Ministryâ€™s Penitentiary Service Mehman Sadigov told APA. He said the forensic medical examination had started.

Sadigov said Novruzali Mammadov suffered several diseases. He was transferred to the medical facility in July.
â€œHe was examined there and his treatment began. Yesterday he suddenly felt bad and died. The initial diagnosis is thrombosis in brain vessels. The exact diagnosis will be known after the forensic medical examination,â€ he said.

Novruzali Mammadov had faced charges under articles 274 (high treason) and 283 (stirring up national, racial or religious hostility) of the Criminal Code and was sentenced to 10 years in jail. He died in Justice Ministryâ€™s medical facility yesterday.