Azerbaijan: Authorities must immediately release Tofig Yagublu and urgently provide medical care as his health deteriorates

Azerbaijan: Authorities must immediately release Tofig Yagublu and urgently provide medical care as his health deteriorates

Reacting to the deteriorating health condition of Tofig Yagublu, a prominent opposition activist from Azerbaijan, who is serving a nine-year prison term, and who has been on a hunger strike since 1 April, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said:“Tofig Yagublu has endured years of politically motivated persecution and ill-treatment by Azerbaijani authorities. This time, not just his freedom, but his…