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TOFIG YAGUBLU’S LIFE IN DANGER

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The life of unfairly imprisoned Azerbaijani opposition figure, Tofig Yagublu, is reported to be at serious risk. According to his lawyer, his health has severely deteriorated as a result of an ongoing hunger strike and the lack of medical care he requires. His family fears that, following years of persecution, arbitrary detention, and alleged ill-treatment, his condition may shortly become irreversible. Tofig Yagublu must be released immediately and unconditionally, and granted urgent access to appropriate, independent medical treatment.

Urge Farid Ahmadov, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan to immediately release Tofig Yagublu and provide him with necessary and immediate medical care - send your email using our email-writing tool.

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Minister of Justice

Farid

Ahmadov

Minister of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Dear Minister,

I am writing to draw your attention to the arbitrary detention and prosecution of political opposition leader, Tofig Yagublu. On March 10, he was sentenced to nine years in prison on fabricated charges, including fraud and forgery, following proceedings that failed to meet fair trial standards. He has been on a hunger strike since April 1. I am deeply alarmed by recent reports concerning his critical health condition and demand his immediate release.

Tofig Yagublu has been repeatedly arrested, imprisoned, and subjected to ill-treatment over the past decade for his political activism and criticism of the government. His most recent trial has been widely condemned for lacking due process.

According to his family, Tofig Yagublu’s health had already been compromised due to inhumane conditions of detention in the past. The lawyer’s request to transfer him under house arrest pending his appeal was rejected, raising fears that any further delay in accessing the medical care her requires puts his health and life at risk.

I urge you to urgently ensure that Tofig Yagublu receives the medical care he requires — including by transferring him to an independent, specialized medical facility or a civilian hospital. He must also be immediately and unconditionally released, and the Azerbaijani authorities must end the misuse of the criminal justice system to target dissent and free speech.

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