Imprisoned Azerbaijan Leader on Hunger Strike

Date: 12 June 2022 - 21:56

News ID: ۱۰۳۶۰۸

TEHRAN -- The imprisoned leader of Azerbaijan’s Movement for Muslim Unity (MMU) has reportedly gone on an open-ended hunger strike in protest at blasphemous remarks by members of the country’s Office for Combating Organized Crime (BMCMI). Sheikh Taleh Bagirzade took the action, dubbed “Strike Till Martyrdom”, a few days ago after learning that BMCMI agents – affiliated with the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs, had offended God and made profane comments during the interrogation of a group of Muslim activists who had made an appeal for mercy in a detention center of the Office for Combating Organized Crime, commonly known as bandotdel.