{"id":193511,"date":"2019-01-15T17:56:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T17:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/political-prisoners-and-activists-join-ongoing-hunger-strike\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T14:50:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T10:50:28","slug":"political-prisoners-and-activists-join-ongoing-hunger-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/political-prisoners-and-activists-join-ongoing-hunger-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Political prisoners and activists join ongoing hunger strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/115938\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-115938\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  A number of political prisoners and activists have joined the hunger strike of imprisoned blogger<br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/article\/blogger-mehman-huseynov-on-hunger-strike\/\"><br \/>\n    Mehman Huseynov<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  , who has been refusing solid foods since 26 December in protest against new charges brought up against him just a few months before his scheduled release. Huseynov, a popular critic of the Aliyev government, has been imprisoned on fabricated charges since March 2017 and now faces up to seven more years behind bars.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Political prisoners<br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/article\/to-punish-or-pardon\/\"><br \/>\n    Ilkin Rustamzade<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  ,<br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/article\/slave-day-2018\/\"><br \/>\n    Bayram Mammadov<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  ,<br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/article\/azerbaijani-activist-jailed-on-drug-charges\/\"><br \/>\n    Ahsan Nuruzade<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  and<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.org\/data\/people\/elchin-ismayilli\/index.php\"><br \/>\n    Elchin Ismayilli<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  released a<br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/az\/article\/siyasi-mehbus-kimi-taninan-feallar-acliq-aksiyasina-baslayir\/\"><br \/>\n    statement<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  saying they were joining Huseynov\u2019s hunger strike, calling on other political prisoners to join their cause: \u201cIf we await our fate like sacrificial lambs, tomorrow they will &#8216;find&#8217; drugs, weapons etc. under our pillow, or we will &#8216;beat someone&#8217;.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The statement further urges not to hope for reactions from the West: &#8220;We have seen how it will end. Once the dust settles, someone from the West will come and a deal will be made in exchange for the release several political prisoners [&#8230;] They will fill their suitcases with oil, euros and dollars, and go back and wink at the government, giving them the green light for new repressions.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Another political prisoner,<br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/article\/slave-day-2018\/\"><br \/>\n    Giyas Ibrahimov<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  , plans to join the protest, his mother announced on her Facebook page.\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/115917\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-115917\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  Since 4 January, supporters of Huseynov\u2019s hunger strike have also been gathering at the Musavat party headquarters since. Tofig Yagublu, Musavat&#8217;s deputy chairperson and a former political prisoner, announced that he would go one step further, commencing a dry hunger strike by refusing even liquids.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  On 15 January, prominent investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Khadija_Ismayil\/status\/1085086927135608832\"><br \/>\n    joined<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  the group of hunger strikers at the Musavat headquarters after<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/khadija.ismayil\/posts\/10210723578164141\"><br \/>\n    publishing<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  a list of demands on her Facebook page.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A rally in support of Mehman Huseynov is planned on 19 January, organized by the National Council of Democratic Forces and the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party.\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova has joined a group of supporters at the Musavat headquarters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":115938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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