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In Azerbaijan, second group disabled Karabakh war veteran has committed an act of self-immolation in protest against the violation of his civil rights by the chairman of Azerbaijani Trade Unions Confederation Sattar Mehbaliev.

According to the Azerbaijani news portal "Haqqin.az" in the center of Baku, in front of the Azerbaijan Trade Unions’ Confederation Zaur Hasanov, father of five children poured gasoline and set himself on fire. Zaur Hasanov’s life was saved by the intervention of the police. Zaur Hasanov was hospitalized.

The Sabaili Police of Baku confirmed the fact of self-immolation and stated that currently the causes of the incident are being investigated.

"Once by Heydar Aliyev’s request I was given a plot of land in the coastal zone. However, in 2010, Azerbaijani Trade Unions Confederation filed a lawsuit against me and by the decision of the court the land was taken away from me. Despite my numerous complaints to the relevant authorities, I could not achieve the truth. The little unit that was on this land, was the only source of my income. I mortgaged my house in the bank to invest in this property. The PM MM and the head of the Trade Union Confederation Sattar Mehbaliev took it from me. That’s why I will burn myself in front of the building of the trade union," he said before committing the act of self-immolation.

Portal notes that Sattar Mehbaliev is the matchmaker of Ali Hasanov, the head of socio-political department of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan.