THE LIST OF AZERI POLITICAL PRISONERS IS ENLARGED

January 27, 2004 - 04:00 AMT  08:35 GMT
The ''Human Rights Watch'' organization dedicated to protecting of human rights published a report concerning the situation in Azerbaijan after the October 15 Presidential elections. In the document consisting of 55 pages the Azerbaijani authorities are being condemned of hundreds of arbitrary arrests, widespread beatings and torture, and politically motivated job dismissals of members and supporters of the opposition following the October 15 presidential election. The authors of the report are sure that Ilham Aliyev has won the elections as a result of falsifications.
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