Rahim Hajiyev, first deputy editor-in-chief of Azadliq newspaper, has been interrogated by the Serious Crimes Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office for the second time, as reported by Hajiyev himself on 29 December. Hajiyev was questioned by investigator Anar Damirchiyev....

Summary: Hearing 2 • Mammad Ibrahim’s lawyer pleaded with the court to grant the appeal; • During his speech, prison official Tajaddin Masimov said Mammad Ibrahim’s release was unadvisable; • The judicial panel decided not to satisfy the appeal. On 29 December, Baku...

Close to a dozen people were arrested during the December 22nd protest against power cut held by IDPs from Jabrayil region settled in Bilasuvar, detainees Jalal Guliyev’s and Zaur Feyruzlu’s lawyer Elchin Sadigov said on December 28. According to the lawyer,...

Summary: Hearing 12 • Defendant Oktay Rustamov refuted witness Jafar Namazov’s testimony. On 28 December, Baku Grave Crimes Court chaired by Judge Afgan Hajiyev held a hearing on the criminal case of the former senior officials of the Ministry of Communications...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has submitted questions to the government of Azerbaijan with regard to the case of NIDA Civic Movement’s jailed member Ilkin Rustemzade, according to the website of the ECtHR. The questions have to be...

Summary: Hearing 4 • Editor in chief of jam.az news portal, Fikrat Faramazoglu was apprehended on 30 June 2016. He is charged under Article 182 (extortion) of the Criminal Code. On 2 July 2016, Narimanov district Court ordered his pre-trial...

On 27 December, the Supreme Court held another hearing on the cassation appeal of human rights defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus. According to Arif Yunus’ barrister Afgan Mammadov, the judicial panel partially granted the appeal. Mammadov reminded that the appeal had...

Summary: Hearing 47 • The leader of Muslim Union Movement, Taleh Bagirzade was arrested in November 2015 together with 17 other men during a raid by police on a house in the village of Nardaran, located 25 km away of...

Summary: Hearing 4 • NIDA activist Elgiz Gahramanov was appregended together with his friend by plainclothesmen at noon on 12 August. His friend was released several hours later, but the activist himself was not freed. Gahramanov was charged under Article...