at a meeting with president Ilham Aliyev. On July 27, 2009 Mammadov was transferred to the hospital of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan, but was still deprived of duly qualified medical aid. According to Khilal Mamedov he was placed into a common ward, without elementary sanitary facilities and without bed clothes. He couldn't move freely, eat and drink. He suffered from pains and shortness of breath, but did not receive medical care. Mammadov died in an Azerbaijani prison hospital from a heart attack on 17 August 2009. Family In the period of Mammadov's consequence his sons Emil and Kyamran were repeatedly abducted for short times, physical and moral pressure was used against them. On September 8, 2007 Kyamran Mammadov died of a heart attack. Mammadov's other son, Emil, had been charged with storage and use of drugs. A court ordered his release from prison in 2008, finding the charges against him unproven. See also List of journalists killed in Europe References External links PEN Appeal: Novruzali Mamedov, July 16, 2008 2009 deaths Azerbaijani people of Talysh descent Azerbaijani Shia Muslims Azerbaijani human rights activists Human rights abuses in Azerbaijan Talysh people The National Talysh Movement 1942 births