PACE to consider report on ‘political prisoners’ in June

Baku, June 1, AssA-Irada

A report by rapporteur on political prisoners in Azerbaijan Malcolm
Bruce has been included in the agenda of the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe (PACE) June session.

Member of the Azerbaijani delegation at PACE, MP Aydin Mirzazada,
says Azerbaijan is discontent with some provisions of the report, in
particular, the demand for immediate release of Elchin Amiraslanov,
Arif Kazimov and Farhad Poladov, who are responsible for grave crimes,
he said.

“The Council of Europe is open for discussions and the Azerbaijani
delegation will convince their colleagues at PACE that it is
impossible to free these individuals, as they pose a threat to
society,” Mirzazada added.*