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Azerbaijan ombudsman appeals to Interior Minister due to offences in police departments

Society Materials 30 March 2010 13:23 (UTC +04:00)
Employees of Azerbaijani Ombudsman's office have revealed the illegal deprivation of liberty of a citizen, detained in the temporary detention facility of the Police Gakh region.
Azerbaijan ombudsman appeals to Interior Minister due to offences in police departments

Azerbaijan, Baku, March 30 / Trend K. Zarbaliyeva /

Employees of Azerbaijani Ombudsman's office have revealed the illegal deprivation of liberty of a citizen, detained in the temporary detention facility of the Police Gakh region.

This fact was revealed during the visits of Sheki Regional Center staff of Ombudsman's Office to the temporary detention facility of police departments from Gakh and Zagatala regions, the Ombudsman's office told Trend on Tuesday.

While examining the documents about detention of a resident of Zagatala region in the temporary detention facility, illegal deprivation of his liberty was revealed.

This citizen was arrested March 11 by investigator of the Police in Gakh region as a suspect and was illegally detained in prison until the visit of the Centre's staff.

It was found that the records, drawn up towards V.M. detained in the temporary detention facility in Gakh region, and G.T. detained in the temporary detention facility of Zagatala region, have not been certified in accordance with the "Rules of internal discipline in the temporary detention facility" and the official stamp.

The relevant acts were drawn up due to the revealed offenses involving heads of temporary detention facility.

Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova appealed to Interior Minister to conduct an internal investigation and, depending on its results, to take the necessary measures to bring the police officers who have committed offenses to responsibility.

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