“We are deeply concerned about reports of the deteriorating health of Saleh Rustamov.
It is urgent that Azerbaijan release him on humanitarian grounds so that he can receive adequate medical assistance. He has been on hunger strike for 35 days and is close to death,” wrote on December 11 in his Twitter account the official representative of the US State Department Ned Price.
* Political prisoner Saleh Rustamov is on hunger strike in protest against illegal imprisonment for 7 years on trumped-up charges.