 Hillary Clinton and Samantha Power called for the release of Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. The Biden administration once again called on Azerbaijan to release Bakhtiyar Hajiyev to run reports. The head of USAID and the former US Secretary of State expressed their support. Azerbaijani democracy activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev has been in detention since December on charges that are politically motivated. Samantha Power, head of the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, tweeted, Hajiyev has gone on a hunger strike and his health is rapidly deteriorating. He must be released, she said. In turn, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also joined in her words a chorus of people and institutions expressing concern about the arrest of Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. Hajiyev has been on a hunger strike to protest his arrest on politically motivated charges and his condition is deteriorating as the world watches, she tweeted. Hajiyev was arrested on December the 9th on charges of hooliganism and contempt of court, allegations he vehemently denies. He has been on a hunger strike for 47 days. Graduate of the Harvard School of Government Hajiyev is constantly being prosecuted for his activity in Azerbaijan. He ran for parliament in 2010. A year later, in March 2011, he was sentenced to two years in prison for evading military duty but was released nine months ahead of the schedule on the eve of the then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Baku.