Political scientist Samedov, convicted in Azerbaijan, has been placed in solitary confinement.

Political scientist Bahruz Samedov has been placed in a punishment cell. He was denied access to his grandmother, his only living relative.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, 29-year-old political scientist and doctoral student at Charles University in the Czech Republic, Bahruz Samedov, was sentenced by a Baku court to 15 years in prison on charges of treason. An appeals court upheld the sentence.

 
Zibeyda Osmanova, the political scientist's grandmother, went to Correctional Facility No. 11 on October 22nd to seek a meeting with her grandson. However, she was denied the meeting, according to activist Amrah Takhmazov, who accompanied Samedov's grandmother.

"Only after we called the ombudsman's office and the penitentiary service did the deputy head of the prison come out to us. He stated that Bahruz would be held in solitary confinement until October 25th, and therefore a meeting with him was not permitted," Amrahov said. When asked about the reasons for Samedov's punishment, a representative of the Penal Colony No. 11 administration only said it was due to "violations of internal regulations."

"The colony even refused to accept a food parcel for Bakhruz. After a lengthy dispute, the staff finally accepted the parcel," Amrakhov said.

"The last time Bakhruz called, he said he would be kept in isolation in a separate room for 1.5 months, and then sent to a closed prison. Now he's been locked up in a punishment cell," Osmanova told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.