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Baku, Azerbaijan, Mar. 6
Trend:
Mehman Huseynov was arrested on concrete charges and a court investigation confirmed that his acts constituted a crime, said Azerbaijani president’s aide for public and political affairs, Ali Hasanov.
He was commenting on the recent calls by some domestic and foreign groups and organizations to Azerbaijan’s government with regard to Mehman Huseynov’s arrest.
The top official noted that Huseynov was arrested for a term of two years under a court decision.
Hasanov went on to add that just like in all democratic countries, in the Republic of Azerbaijan, citizens, organizations and others protect their rights through courts.
“Courts are guided by requirements of the legislation and judgments are passed in line with the law,” he noted, adding that Azerbaijan’s judicial system provides the persons, who claim that their rights are violated, with the opportunity to restore rights at higher courts.
“Therefore, it is unacceptable to link Mehman Huseynov’s arrest to his work and politicize his arrest, as well as cast doubt on the court decision made in line with Azerbaijan’s legislation,” added Hasanov.
“I think the issue is being artificially politicized by some domestic and foreign political groups and the organizations which are under those groups’ influence,” said the Azerbaijani top official. “I would like to remind that in Azerbaijan, which is a rule-of-law state, courts are independent and it is impossible to influence their decisions by political campaigns and political pressure.”