Emil Sanamyan
The last two months have seen an unprecedented crackdown on one of
the pillars of the Aliyev regime in Azerbaijan, the Ministry of National
Security (MNS). Since the Oct. 17 dismissal of Minister Eldar Mahmudov,
some 250 of his subordinates, including most of the senior staff, have
been dismissed. Several dozen of them have been arrested and one of
them, the former deputy director of the national counter-terrorism
center, was reported to have committed suicide last week by hanging
himself in jail.
