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"Akram Aylisli’s ears cost me 10,000 manats. But the high-ranking officials in the government did not allow me to carry out my plan, and cut off his ears," Hafiz Hajiyev chairman of the Political Council of the Azerbaijani "Modern Musavat" party reported at a meeting, the agency "Salamnews" reads.

"I told a group of young people to wait for Akram Aylisli at his door, and to cut off his ears as soon as he appears in the doorway. These people stood at the door of Akram Aylisli for several days, but then the respected people representing the government, told me that to quit this idea. And I had to give it up. It turns out that I wasted 10,000 manats (about 10,000 euros. - Ed.)," Hajiyev said.

Hajiyev noted that when he asked the young people to return the money, they said that it is impossible that they were going to carry out his plan, it was the "Customer" himself that did not allow them to implement it.

As the Azerbaijani news agency "Trend" reports, Hajiyev also stated that poisoning of the former Azerbaijani President Abulfaz Elchibey in Ali Kerimli’s house is fully proven. "110 people have already been questioned about. In particular, the doctor who treated Abulfaz Elchibey in Turkey gave a testimony. According to it, it was fully proved that Abulfaz Elchibey was poisoned at a birthday party that was held in Ali Kerimli’s house," Chairman of the" Modern Musavat Hafiz Hajiyev told reporters on Tuesday.

According to him, Elchibay’s nephew as well presented interesting testimonies, based on which the police carries out a certain work.

The agency notes that the Prosecutor's Office of Baku has considered the appeal of Hafiz Hajiyev, the chairman of the "Modern Musavat" party over the intentional poisoning of ex-President Abulfaz Elchibey. A criminal case under article 29, 120.1 (attempt to murder) was filed. Abulfaz Elchibey was the president of Azerbaijan from 1992 to 1993. Elchibay died on August 22, in 2000 in a Turkish military hospital "Gulhane" because of an enduring illness.

Ekrem Eylisli is national writer (since 1998) and Honored Artist of Azerbaijan, holder of the highest order of Azerbaijan “Istiglal” (2002) and the order of “Shokhrat” for his outstanding merits in the literature of Azerbaijan. Recently, on the website of Russian magazine “Friendship of Nations” was published his novel titled “Stone Dreams” in which the author describes the massacres of Armenians in Baku in 1990 and in Nakhichevan in 1919. The author in his novel speaks positively about the Armenian people and their culture. The novel “Stone Dreams” also contains criticism over the former Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev and the tyranny of the system created by him.

After publication of the novel, Eylisli was exposed to severe pressures in Azerbaijan; the pro-governmental youth held rally in front of his house, his issue was discussed in the parliament of Azerbaijan, MPs suggested to burn his books and to deprive him of citizenship and deport from Azerbaijan. Many people “blamed” Eylisli in his Armenian origin, etc. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev deprived him of personal pension and the title of National Writer, and accused him of “purposefully distorting the history of Azerbaijan” and “in distorting realities about history of Azerbaijan in an inappropriate way.”

The leader of the pro-governmental party ”Modern Musavat” Hafis Hajiyev announced that he would pay about 10 Euros to the one who will cut the ear of the writer. Only after the intervention of the media, the politician was “warned” by the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan about the illegality of such appeals.

The U.S. Department of State and the OSCE Office in Baku condemned persecution of Eylisli in Azerbaijan and called on the authorities to fulfill their obligations.