Iqbal Abilov, a citizen of Azerbaijan, ethnic Talysh, who got here from Belarus to Azerbaijan for a go to, was detained on 22 July in Bala Kolatan village of Masally area by officers of the State Safety Service.

Based on Abilov’s kinfolk, he has been dwelling in Belarus since childhood and got here to Azerbaijan on 14 June to attend his cousin’s marriage ceremony.

On 22 June, Abilov was summoned to the Masally area division of the SSS and interrogated for six hours.

On 27 June, when flying from Baku to Minsk, he was not allowed on board the airplane, having taken away his passport and cellphone.

On 22 July, Abilov was once more summoned to the Masally area division of the SSS below the pretext of returning his passport and cellphone. Nevertheless, with out notifying his dad and mom, Abilov was taken to Baku.

He’s anticipated to look earlier than the Sabail court docket in the present day to decide on a safety measure.

These near him imagine that Abilov has been detained on far-fetched costs, the true cause for his prosecution being his analysis on varied nationwide minorities, together with the Talysh of Azerbaijan.

Abilov, being a citizen of Azerbaijan, additionally has a residence allow in Belarus.

Notice that Abilov is among the founders of the Talysh Nationwide Academy, registered in Riga, in addition to the editor-in-chief of the printed organ of this construction, the “Bulletin of the Talysh Nationwide Academy”.

He has additionally printed on the web site of the Centre for Assist of Russian-Armenian Strategic and Public Initiatives russia-armenia.information.