YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11, ARMENPRESS. On the eve of the visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to Iran, scheduled for the end of February 11, the Iranian radio broadcast a critical report on the torture of believers in Azerbaijan's prisons, “Armenpress” reports.

Prison guards continue to torture prisoners believers, reported Radio IRIB. So, the relatives and the lawyer of Thale Bagirzade, the leader of the Movement of Islamic Unity, protested that he was being tortured.

The believers are not allowed to make pray and fasting and prison guards punish them for it. The authorities in Baku think they can change the convictions of believers-prisoners by torturing them. But this did not work.

Prior to that, the prison guards of the 11th and 12th  the colonies, as well as the Gobustan prison tortured Movsum Samedov, trying to make him ask for clemency President Aliyev, but could not break him. In addition to the prisoners, pressure is made also on their families and relatives. However, the efforts of the officials of the prison system of Azerbaijan have failed. Believers – Muslims of Azerbaijan demand freedom, but Aliyev's regime prevents it by force.

Today, more than 150 Islamic activists, including 18 members of the clergy, serve their prison sentence in Azerbaijani prisons on trumped up charges, IRIB reported.