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Azerbaijani Citizen Kept in Guntanamo Prison To Be Released in Near Future

Society Materials 18 May 2006 18:46 (UTC +04:00)

Polad Sirajov, an Azerbaijani citizen who is still being kept at the Guntanamo Prison will be released in the near future. Elchin Behbudov, the Chairman of the Azerbaijan Anti-Torture Committee, informed journalists, IAA Trend reports.

According to Behbutov, at present, Sirajov passes through the rehabilitation in the hospital regime and will return to his country soon.

Besides, Behbudov stressed that the Azerbaijan Anti-Torture Committee raised an idea to hold a monitoring at the Guntanamo Prison. There is such a worldwide practice and we have a full right for it, spelled out Behbudov saying that Sirajovs family also raised this question. Sirajovs family appealed to us for assistance to appeal to the US Embassy in Baku. In the future, the appeal should be forwarded to the Pentagon, told Behbutov.

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