On 22 February, one more activist of Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP) was arrested. Yusif Muzaffarov, a member of the Khatai district Youth Organisation of the Party, was detained by officers of the 36th police station of Khatai District Police...

Elnur Farajov, an activist with APFP’s Neftchala branch, has been arrested and charged with position of drugs and intent to sell them, Neftchala branch chairman Aflatun Ahmadzade reported through his Facebook page. Ahmadzade noted that Farajov...

On 22 February, theologian Sardar Babayev was charged under Article 168-1.3 (violation of the requirements of conducting religious advocacy, religious rites and ceremonies) of the Criminal Code and was ordered detained in Masalli Regional Court, lawyer Javad Javadov has said....

REAL Movement’s Sumgayit branch member Rahim Shaliyev, who was arrested on 20 February, has been subjected to torture and degrading treatment in Sumgayit City Police Department, youth activist’s lawyer Yalchin Imanov said after meeting with Shaliyev in the temporary...

On 22 February, Baku Court of Appeal chaired by Judge Hasan Ahmadov considered the appeal filed against Nasimi District Court’s decision of 18 February 2017 ordering the pre-trial detention of journalist Elchin Ismayilli. According to lawyer Elchin Sadigov, the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVRh2ZruiLQ The broadcast of Turkey’s FOX TV on Azerbaijan’s cable TV providers was stopped in the evening hours on 22 February. The channel has become inaccessible in all formats, including analogue, digital and IPTV broadcasting. One of the providers, Aile TV, ascribed...

Summary: 25th hearing ➢ Defendant Vidadi Zeynalov’s lawyer Elkhan Suleymanov lodged a motion to conduct forensic engineering, while Zeynalov’s other lawyer Baylar Mamishov filed a repeat motion to lift arrest on his client’s property. The presiding...