19 June 2005
Alim Kazimli
Beating
Alim Kazimli, 54, who had worked for the main opposition daily Yeni Musavat for the past 12 years, died on 19 June 2005 as a result of a beating he received on 28 December 2004 at the Narimanov police station in Baku that left him paralysed on his left side.
He fell into a coma on 17 June and then died of a brain haemorrhage.