Summary: Hearing 8  Defendant Abbas Huseynov filed a motion to interrogate Minister of Internal Affairs Ramil Usubov in court as a witness. The motion was left undecided due to the absence of Abbas Huseynov's lawyer from the hearing;  Division Chief...

Summary: Hearing 7  Defendant Alibala Valiyev testified about being tortured after his detention;  Defendant Jabbar Jabbarov also asserted that he had been tortured after detention;  Lawyer Nemat Karimli filed a motion to send a request to the Main Organised Crime...

According to Turkel Alisoy (Azerturk), a member of the Youth Committee Board of the opposition party Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP) who is currently residing in Europe, his family and relatives are facing pressure. As reported by Turkel, officers of Jalilabad...

Baku Appeal Court has rejected the appeal against Nasimi District Court’s decision of 12 August 2016 on the pre-trial detention of Republican Alternative (ReAl) Movement Executive Secretary Natig Jafarli, Jafarli’s lawyer Javad Javadov has said. Natig Jafarli was arrested on 12...

Sabail District Court, chaired by Judge Azer Tagiyev, held a preliminary hearing on journalist Khadija Ismayil’s compensation claim against the Prosecutor General’s Office. Khadija Ismayil is seeking 9,030 AZN in material damages and 20,000 AZN in non-pecuniary damage for the...

Summary: Hearing 2  Khamis Seyranov, the representative of the defendant Ministry of Taxes, filed a motion to stay proceedings on the ground that the investigation against RFE/RL Inc. Company carried out by the Serious Crimes Investigation Department of the Prosecutor...