European Court of Human Rights is considering the complaint regarding the abduction of journalist Afgan Mukhtarli in the priority manner and has already submitted its questions to the government of Azerbaijan in this connection.
According to lawyer Elchin Sadigov, the government of Azerbaijan has been given a week to respond to the questions. » » » »

On 19 June, Sabail District Court chaired by Judge Aytan Aliyeva held a hearing on the criminal case of Azadliq newspaper financial director Faig Amirli. Eight witnesses were questioned at the proceeding. One of them, Valeh Guliyev said he had put an ad on the newspaper regarding his lost documents, but it happened in 2001 as opposed to 2011 alleged by the investigative agency. » » » »

Baku Grave Crimes Court announced the judgment on jam.az editor Fikrat Faramazoglu. He was convicted of extortion and sentenced to 7 years in jail and a 2-year ban from journalistic activity. » » » »

Journalist Afgan Mukhtarli has been interrogated in Baku Detention Centre, lawyer Elchin Sadigov reports. According to the lawyer, Afgan Mukhtarli filed a petition for the interrogation of the newsperson of ITV’s Jarchi program, who had reported that the journalist had been brought from Georgia to Azerbaijan in a joint operation of Azerbaijani and Georgian special services, and the experts and MP Elman Nasirov, who had spoken on the same news item in this regard. » » » »