The rulings come after an appeal court in southern Azerbaijan rejected the appeal of Jehovah's Witness conscientious objector Kamran Shikhaliyev against a one-year sentence in a military disciplinary unit.
Source/Credit: Forum 18
By Forum 18 | August 7, 2014
Two Muslim prisoners of conscience detained since April, Eldeniz Hajiyev and Ismayil Mammadov, had their pre-trial detention in the hands of Azerbaijan's NSM secret police extended for a further two months today (7 August), Forum 18 News Service has been told.
Pre-trial detention for a third prisoner of conscience, Revan Farzaliyev who was detained in May, was extended three days earlier.
If convicted, the three men face up to three years' imprisonment for participating in a meeting which was raided by armed police and the NSM secret police.
The men had met with other Muslims to discuss their faith with the help of the writings of Islamic theologian Said Nursi.
The rulings come after an appeal court in southern Azerbaijan rejected the appeal of Jehovah's Witness conscientious objector Kamran Shikhaliyev against a one-year sentence in a military disciplinary unit.
In all these cases Forum 18 has been told that violence has been used by officials against those in their power. There are also continuing administrative fines of people for exercising their freedom of religion or belief.
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