This article was published yesterday at Azadliq.az. I have not seen any mention of this incident in the English-language media covering Azerbaijan. If this is verified, it would be the second self-immolation in Azerbaijan in recent months protesting the oppressive behavior of government authorities.
Naxçıvanda incidilən kəndli özünü yandırdı
An aggrieved villager in Nakchivan has set himself on fire
Şərur sakini hakimiyyətin özbaşınalığına özünəqəsdlə etiraz etdi
A resident of Sherur protested the outrages of the authorities by attempting suicide
A resident of Kosajan village in the Sherur region of Nakchivan, Sahib Memiyev, set himself on fire yesterday. With this he expressed his opposition the authorities’ refusal to give him equipment for harvesting wheat.
Currently the local authorities direct all equipment to harvest grain in the fields of the region’s leaders and people close to them. Ordinary villagers however must wait and because of this they sometimes lose a part of the yield because it is harvested late.
Məmiyevin vəziyyəti ağırdır. O, Şərur rayon xəstəxanasına yerləşdirilib.
Memiyev’s condition is critical. He has been taken to the Sherur regional hospital.
Şərur rayon İcra Hakimiyyətindən şərh almaq mümkün olmayıb (“Turan”).
It was not possible to receive comment from the Sherur Region Executive Authority ("Turan").
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