The Board of the ReAl Movement has issued a statement on the flyers which have led to the arrest of its members. The statement reads: “June 14 was the birthday of Ilgar Mammadov, ReAl Movement's Chairman who has been illegally jailed for...

Togrul Ismayilov, head of opposition Republican Alternative (ReAl) Movement’s Sabail-Nasimi Assembly, and Elshan Gasimov, deputy head of ReAl’s Binagadi Assembly, were questioned by an employee of the State Security Service on August 15, the youth activists’ lawyer Elchin Sadigov has...

Baku Court of Appeal has rejected the appeal against Narimanov District Court’s decision of 13 August 2016 on the 4-month pretrial detention of NIDA Civic Movement member Elgiz Gahramanov. Elgiz Gahramanov was detained together with his friend by plainclothesmen at...

Radio Liberty reporter Islam Shikhali’s phone and press card were seized while he was filming NIDA Civic Movement member Turgut Gambar’s detention by plainclothesmen outside Baku Court of Appeal. The journalist’s phone and press card were later returned. Youth activist Ismi...

NIDA Civic Movement’s Board member Turgut Gambar was freed after being held at Baku City Main Police Department for several hours. Turgut Gambar was detained by plainclothesmen while waiting outside Baku Court of Appeal for the appeal hearing of NIDA...

Baku Court of Appeal held a hearing on the appeal filed against the verdict on Yasavul LLC’s director and former lawyer Aliabbas Rustamov, who was sentenced to 7 years in jail by Baku Grave Crimes Court on 6 November 2015....

NIDA Civic Movement member Turgut Gambar was detained by plainclothesmen while waiting outside Baku Court of Appeal for the appeal hearing of NIDA member Elgiz Gahramanov who was arrested on August 12. The men who detained Turgut Gambar did not introduce...