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Azerbaijani human rights activists present two lists of political prisoners to Ago Group

15 June 2006 [00:50] - TODAY.AZ
Azerbaijani human rights defenders met with the delegation of the Ago Group from the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers led by Roland Wegener in Baku today. Rights defenders Mirvari Gahramanli, Eldar Zeynalov, Saida Gojamanli, Fuad Hasanov and Arif Yunus discussed the current social-political situation in the country as well as political prisoner issue with the Ago Group.

Mirvari Gahramanli told APA the local human rights activists presented two lists of political prisoners to the Ago Group members.

The lists have been compiled by the Monitoring Group of Human Rights Organizations and the Federation of Human Rights Organizations. The list presented by Saida Gojamanli includes 50 political prisoners and the list presented by Eldar Zeynalov includes 83 political prisoners.

Gahramanli also said Ago representatives promised to make a specific investigation into these materials and give detailed information on the conclusions of the investigation.

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