Beydemirli complained about the lack of effective medical care in the Azerbaijani colony

The health of former MP and businessman Nazim Beydemirli has sharply worsened in prison in Azerbaijan. Despite suspected pneumonia, he is being denied hospitalization, the convict's wife reported.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot", on June 25, the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan refused to satisfy the cassation appeal against the sentence of economist and former MP Nazim Beydemirli, who was sentenced to eight years in prison in an extortion case.

Beydemirli's temperature has risen, the wife of former MP Farid Beydemirli told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

"Yesterday, on August 5, I was at a meeting with Nazim. He became very ill: he felt unwell, his temperature rose, he had severe shortness of breath, his heart rate increased. His cellmates called the duty officer, after which Nazim was transferred to the prison's medical unit. Since then, his temperature has not dropped. The most depressing thing is that there was no doctor in the medical unit; an inmate medic provided assistance. Therefore, Nazim refused his treatment. I then consulted with doctors, and they believe that Nazim has signs of pneumonia. To establish a diagnosis and treatment, he urgently needs to be transferred to the hospital, to give him injections. Since yesterday I have been contacting all possible authorities: the penitentiary service, the main medical department of the Ministry of Justice, but so far in vain," said Farida Beydemirli.

According to her, her husband "is not receiving any medical care" in the correctional facility. "There is no normal medical center or doctor there. There are no oxygen tanks to replenish the patient's oxygen in case of low saturation. On the advice of doctors we knew, we took injections to Nazim, but there are not even sterile conditions there to give my husband IVs,” F. Beydemirli continued.

“Nazim had previously had COVID-19, and a second bout of pneumonia could pose a real threat to his life,” F. Beydemirli said.

It was not possible to obtain comments from the Penitentiary Service.

Recall that Beydemirli was arrested in July 2023. The defense called his case revenge for his support of the residents of Soyudlu village, who protested in 2023 against the construction of an artificial reservoir for the drainage of gold mining waste at the Gadabay deposit.

The details of their protest are given in the "Caucasian Knot" reference "Protests in Soyudlu: People against the Mine".