Azeri tortured at Zionist regime’s Embassy

A jailed Azeri journalist says he was arrested in May 2012 and then transferred to the Zionist regime’s Embassy in Baku, where he was tortured by Zionist guards.

According to Press TV, Nejat Aliyev, the editor-in-chief of the independent news website Azadxeber, was arrested in downtown Baku on charges of possession of weapons and illegal drugs.
His lawyer, Anar Gasimli, said Aliyev recounted his ordeal in the Zionist regime’s Embassy during his trial, which was held behind closed doors.
Aliyev described how he was severely beaten at the local police station before being taken to the Zionist regime’s Embassy, where one of the staffers asked if he was Osama bin Laden.
Aliyev’s colleagues disputed the charges, saying they were leveled in retaliation for his journalism and noting that Azadxeber’s critical reporting on the government’s religious policies could also have been a factor.
Gasimli said his client had been tortured in custody to force him to say he had drugs in his possession, and added that the police had threatened to plant illicit drugs in the journalist’s apartment and press “more serious” charges against him.