Balakan District Court has launched proceedings on journalist Afgan Mukhtarli's case with a preliminary hearing, which was attended by representatives of the US embassy and members of the local community. At the hearing, journalist's lawyers Nemat Karimli and Elchin Sadigov...

According to columnist Seymur Verdizade, he has been insulted for his article "A Mayor Walking with a Walking Stick and Unemployed Youths" published on the website Qafqazinfo.az. The journalist says he was verbally abused by the relatives and deputies...