 Bakhtiyar Hajiyev starves in the detention centre for almost a month. Concerns are growing over the health of prominent Azerbaijani activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. Imprisoned on charges his defence team and rights group state are politically motivated. Public activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev has been on a hunger strike for the 25th day in the Baku pre-trial detention centre one on February the 2nd. The lawyers Zibeda Zadigova, Elchin Zadigov and Fakhradin Mediev visited him. Mediev told that Hajiyev's health continues to deteriorate. Blood sugar dropped to 56, pressure 90 over 65. During the hunger strike he lost 13.5 kilograms and now weighs 71 kilograms. On February the 1st when he was being taken from the court back to the pre-trial detention centre he vomited and lost consciousness. Now he is being held in the medical unit of the pre-trial detention centre. Mediev said at the meeting with lawyers Hajiyev expressed dissatisfaction that he had not yet been visited by representatives of the international committee of the Red Cross. Zadigov's lawyer filed a motion to transfer Hajiyev to a medical institution of the Penitentiary Service or to a civilian clinic. Mediev also noted that during the trial when he was in handcuffs people in civilian clothes filmed Bakhtiyar despite his protests. Bakhtiyar Hajiyev was detained on December the 9th on charges of hooliganism and contempt of court. On the same day the Katai district court arrested him for one month and 20 days. On December the 15th Hajiyev went on a hunger strike demanding his release. On September the 28th he ended his hunger strike after persistent calls from the public and family members. However on January the 9th he resumed his hunger strike after the appeal court refused to release him and continues to this day. On January the 21st the court extended Hajiyev's arrest for another one month. Hajiyev, a graduate of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government ran for parliament in 2010 and 2020. In March 2011 he was sentenced to two years imprisonment for evading mandatory military service and released in 2012 after the involvement of then U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Hajiyev's recent detention have raised international concerns with human rights organizations asking for his immediate release. The EU called on the Azerbaijani authorities to ensure a transparent and impartial investigation of his case while the U.S. State Department was deeply troubled by the arrest and the detention of Mr. Hajiyev and urged the authorities to release the activist expeditiously.