The Voice of Mirza Xazar

I didn't fall, I'm still on foot... A short overview to the political activity of one of our fellow countrymen Intigam Mammadov It is quite a long time that I have attentively been observing through media the social-political activity of our brave fellow countryman Intigam Mammadov, a member of the Musavat Party currently living in emigrant in German Federative Republic. It is already nine years that he has been living in this European country with strict rules and at the same time he truly continues his social-political struggle doing all his best . As an Azeri he struggles to prove that Azerbaijani generations are deserving and able to live in society with equal and fair laws as other nations . Though Intigam had to leave his own country as there was danger for his life after he joined the struggle to free his country of the violent conditions made by a group of governmental clerks, and his activity was against the benefit of Azerbaijan government , he hasn't forgotten his people and their troubles. And that's why as an activist he began his work on Human Rights Defense that is against tyrannical power structures and the mathia in Azerbaijan that has "lost" amount of money stolen from the common people. Today, Intigam as a representative of the Caucasian Human Rights Defense Organization in Germany does useful things for the region in this direction . He chose this kind of activity in order not to let the others be in such sad situation as he was who felt the pain of police beatings and were brought to the police office with hands locked in chains, was hurt, abused, kept there for many days due to any kind of objection demonstration in his own country. Only the person who has felt this pain and met the violence, whose rights were stolen can defend human rights warmly like him. Always remembering all this violence Intigam can’t be indifferent to such cases in life. There exists a strong unwilling base for his activity in Azerbaijan: the violence to media and freedom of speech, to the representatives of media, their being kidnapped, abused and detained the violence of citizens’ rights, the license of governmental representatives and clerks and other cases of violence of human rights. Intigam is not tired of becoming helpful in the struggle to improve the rights of his people using all existing, impressive means of making announcements that attract the attention of the international communities to these horrible cases and writing objection letters directly to the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev. Struggling together with his German friends for the rights of his people, Intigam also takes an active role in the ceremonies and cultural life of this European country. This gives him an opportunity to continuously explain the truth of Karabakh - the wound of Azerbaijan, to the German people and attract the attention of the world community to the genocide of our people. We are proud of Intigam and at the same time we feel deep sadness when observing the activities of Azerbaijani sons like Intigam in foreign countries. We feel sorry that such active people as Intigam Mammadov are unable to return to their own land and don’t have a chance to direct collaboration with their countrymen, to be actively involved in the social - political life of the country. Because as long as the clan of Aliyevs is in political power in Azerbaijan to be in politics and struggle for human rights in this country always means to put your own lives in serious danger. But we believe that there will come a day when their activity will be appreciated. Recently the process of democracy that has already happened in the whole post-soviet countries and has reached the Caucasus as well, so the tendency of integration to european values will happen in Azerbaijan too, Azerbaijan will also turn into the hearth of highest moral values and democratic measures and become the hearth of civil society and the place of laws defence. Then those like Intigam Mammadov will really be appreciated for their hard , but honourale work.I wish you success in your deeds, my dear fellow countryman. (Sent from France)