Committee In Defense Of Youth Activists / Press Release

Baku, Azerbaijan, October 1, 2009

In the court session on Emin Abdullayev and Adnan Haji-zada case which took place on October 1, 2009, defense attorney presented photos to the court evidencing that statement of investigation, testimonies of victims and witnesses for prosecution are untrue.

According to the statement comprised by the investigator of Sabail District Police Department Ziya Aliyev, police detained Emin Abdullayev and Adnan Haji-zada in the restaurant “Lebanese” and delivered them to the Sabail District Police Station №9 as hooliganism suspects whereupon they were arrested.

Nevertheless, Emin Abdullayev and Adnan Haji-zada affirm that they were severely beaten by two unfamiliar young persons with athlete’s body (V. Mammadov and B. Huseynov) following which Emin Abdullayev and Adnan Haji-zada went to the Sabail District Police Station №39 in order to complain, where they were advised to approach Sabail District Police Station №9. After that they made their way to the advised police station to make complaint against the persons who attacked them in the restaurant.

In today’s court session attorneys of Emin Abdullayev and A. Haji-zada submitted the court photos which confirm that E. Abdullayev and A. Haji-zada were in the Police Station №39 after the fight in the restaurant (dated 08.07.2009) which evidence that statement of investigation and testimonies of witnesses for prosecution are not true.

N°1. Click to the article

Information on the above mentioned incident at the site Mediaforum.az (10.07.2009) where beaten Adnan ’s photos standing in front of the Sabail district police station N39 were loaded.

№2 This is Adnan Haji-zada’s close up photo taken by his friends on the day of incident.

In this sequence it seems that he is standing in the Nizami street, in front of the Sabail district police station N39.

№3. Beaten Adnan Haji-zada standing in front of the Sabail district police station N39.







№4. Photos of the same place where Adnan Haji-zada was standing on the photo N2, taken on September 20, 2009.




№5. Photos of the same police station in the Nizami Street from where the entrance of the police station is seemed.


№6. Beaten Emin Abdullayev standing outside the Sabail district police station N39 (08.07.2009.







№7. Yard of the Sabail district police station N39.






№8. Close up photo of the courtyard of the Sabail district police station N39.






№9. Emin Abdullayev standing outside the Sabail district police station N39(yard is covered with tile).





№10. Chair (is the same with in the photo N8) on which Emin Abdyullayev sat in the Sabail district police station. In this photo it seems that the coverage of the floor is the same with the coverage of the floor in the photo N9.

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