Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug. 20 / Trend , K.Zarbaliyeva/
The relevant decision will be made at the end of a forensic examination, requested in connection with the death of the Tolishi Sado newspaper's chief editor, the Press Secretary for the Prosecutor General, Eldar Sultanov, said on Aug. 20.
"At present, the forensic examination has been requested to determine cause of death. After receiving the results of the examination, the relevant decision will be made," said Sultanov.
An independent investigation should be launched on the chief editor of Tolishi sedo newspaper Novruzali Mammadov's death, the Journalists Protection Committee in New York reported.
Accused of collaborating with Iranian intelligence agencies and sentenced to 10-years imprisonment, Mammadov died on Aug. 17 at the clinic of the Penitentiary Service. Preliminary conclusions imply that cause of death was acute thrombosis of the brain.
Mammadov received medical treatment in accordance with a diagnosis at the medical institution, Chief of the Justice Ministry Central Health Department, Rafael Medhiyev said. The chief editor died of acute thrombosis of the brain, he said.
On 28 July of this year, the chief editor was sent to the neurological department of the medical institution from Prison No. 15. Mammadov was experiencing osteochondrosis of the cervical and lumbar vertebrae and right plexus, gradually progressing second stage hypertension, the residual effects of acute obstructive bronchitis, chronic cholecystitis, cataracts at an embryonic stage, damage of the vitreous membrane, hypertonic angiosclerosis, nodular toxic goiter at its first stages and a prostate adenoma growth.
68-year old Mammadov was head of department at the Linguistics Institute of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. He also led the Centre of the Talish Culture. Accused of the articles 274 (treason) and 283 (incitement of national, racial or religious hatred), Mammadov was sentenced to ten years imprisonment, and Guliev six.
Sultanov said that the Nizami District Prosecutor's Office is holding an unbiased investigation on the chief editor's death.
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