Mahammad Gurbanov, 56, works as a vendor and says he was asked on September 12 to pay extra customs on goods he had imported from Turkey.
When he refused, his wife said, he was taken to an Internal Affairs Ministry office for questioning and his goods were destroyed.
Gurbanov said through an open hospital window that he was forced to write a "request to be treated at the mental hospital."
The case is the third in Azerbaijan in the past two years in which an individual claimed to have been taken to a psychiatric clinic by police after refusing to pay a bribe.
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Pope addresses Irish Catholics
Benedict XVI made the announcement during his general audience. In his speech to those present the pope spoke of theology according to St. Thomas and St. Bonaventure, for whom there is an “arrogant” way to do theology, a pride of reason which places itself above the word of God. But true theology is driven by the desire to know ever better and more the beloved.
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