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2024-01-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Bagirzade's wife detained at a march in Baku
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] Security forces in Baku detained Leila Ismailzade, the wife of convicted activist Taleh Bagirzade,
| ...also known as Bagirov, in his youth the Azerbaijani Shiite studied theology in Iran, then came home to found the Movement for Muslim Unity. He was sentenced to 20 years for murder, terrorism, organization of mass riots, illegal possession of weapons, and attempted forcible seizure of power, because he led the festivities. The authorities accused him and the MMU of planning an armed insurrection against the state, just because they’d thrown Molotov cocktails and opened fire on the police officers during a 2017 raid, in their interpretation of Khomeinism... |
for an hour and a half when she and her children tried to take part in a march in memory of the victims of Black January. The Muslim Unity Movement
| ...also in our archives as the Movement For Muslim Unity, in Arabic Al Tawheed. They describe themselves as a peaceful Shiite Islamic soci-political movement calling for democratic reform and religious liberties, but it’s clear from context they mean the peace that comes from submission to Khomeini Shiism and Iran. In practice they’ve been involved in the usual murder, terrorism, organized mass riots, and attempted armed insurrection, exactly on the Khomeini model... |
condemned the actions of the security forces.
As the " Caucasian Knot " wrote, on the anniversary of the entry of Soviet troops into Azerbaijan, which is celebrated on January 20, residents of Baku come to the Alley of Martyrs (fallen heroes) to honor the memory of the dead. A similar action took place in Baku yesterday, on the 34th anniversary of those events.
On the night of January 20, 1990, at the direction of the USSR leadership, a 35,000-strong army corps was introduced into Baku. As a result of the special operation, 137 civilians were killed and more than 744 people were injured. These events entered the history of Azerbaijan as “Black January,” says the “Caucasian Knot” certificate “Black January” in Baku (1990). “The victims of “Black January” are buried in the Alley of Martyrs in the Baku Upland Park.
On January 20, the police in Baku prevented Leyla Ismailzade, the wife of the convicted leader of the Muslim Unity movement Taleh Bagirzade, from taking part in the funeral procession in memory of the victims of Black January and visiting the Alley of Martyrs, Leyla Ismailzade herself told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent today.
According to the woman, her and her children’s path was blocked at the exit from the metro station, where she planned to meet with the wife of arrested DME activist Agali Yakhyaeva, Shakhana Yakhyaeva. “We agreed that we would take the children with us, meet at the Elmlryal Akademiyasy metro station and then go together. I had seven children with me: four of my children, the son of Rafael Bunyadov, who was killed during the Nardaran events, the son of Abulfaz Bunyadov, who was then crippled, and another son "Mail Kerimov, arrested on trumped-up drug charges. When we went up the escalator, we were stopped by people in plain clothes. They introduced themselves as employees of the Baku police headquarters," Ismailzadeh said.
According to her, the security forces said that they were “checking documents” and took her and the children to a separate room, and took away her mobile phone. “I asked to be allowed to at least call Shakhana Yakhyaeva so that she wouldn’t wait for us at the station with the children in cold weather. But they didn’t allow it,” Ismailzade said.
She noted that she and her seven children were kept in a “small room” for an hour and a half. “They said that the check was due to the fact that some children were allegedly lost and now they were being searched for. They asked for the children’s identification cards. But we didn’t have them with us. Then they began to enter the children’s data through the “electronic portal.” At first they said, that the data of my eldest son “does not appear” on the portal. Then they nevertheless “found” the data. Then they said that they could not “find” in the system the three other children whom we took with us. Then they said: “No, we can’t let you into the Alley of Martyrs, let the children’s parents take them.” I told them that the father of one of them was killed during a police operation in Nardaran, the father of another was crippled, he cannot move, the father of the third was thrown into prison on false charges. How will their parents come now? At the same time, two employees in civilian clothes were filming us on the phone. For the children, this became torture. The little ones did not understand what was happening and were tired," Ismailzade said.
As a result, she said, the police took everyone home. “I don’t understand why it was necessary to organize this disgrace? It’s also disrespect for the memory of the martyrs. After all, children from schools are brought in classes to the Alley of Martyrs, other parents also come with their children. It’s important that the younger generation knows their history. But why us “They didn’t let me in,” Leyla Ismailzade emphasized.
DME issued a statement in which it condemned the denial of access to Ismailzadeh and her children to the Alley of Martyrs and regarded this as a “provocation of the authorities.” According to the authors of the statement, the police actions were aimed at “completely isolating” the wife of DME leader Bagirzadeh and cutting off her ties with immediate environment, as well as intimidate other women members of the movement.
“We strongly condemn these actions of the authorities. This is political discrimination and another act of police arbitrariness. We demand that the regime stop such provocations,” says the DME statement received by the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
Representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were unavailable for comments due to the day off, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reported.
Let us recall that on January 25, 2017, Taleh Bagirzade and 17 supporters of the Muslim Unity movement were sentenced to prison terms from 10 to 20 years on charges of organizing unrest after an operation by security forces in November 2015, which resulted in the death of seven people, according to the certificate of the Caucasian node "Nardaran".
The defendants complained of torture and did not admit guilt. Azerbaijani human rights activists consider those involved in the “Nardaran case” to be political prisoners. Some of those convicted in this case have already been released under pardon.
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