Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend K.Zarbaliyeva / Complaints on the torture of detained persons in the 21st and 22nd departments of Nasimi Police Department have become more frequent.
The complaints have stated that the heads of the police departments are torturing the detained persons, the Chairman of the Anti-Torture Committee of Azerbaijan, Elchin Behbudov, reported to Trend on 24 September. The Deputy Chief of the 22nd police department, Adalat Aliyev, has been torturing those detained and forcing them to plead guilty to crimes they have not committed, Behbudov said.
On 24 September Behbudov appealed to the Interior Minister of Azerbaijan, Ramil Usubov, to look into the matter.