* Victim Zaur Ibrahimov testified that Akif Chovdarov had demanded USD 550,000 from him. However the former general said Ibrahimov was making this up; * Landowners were forcibly deprived of their land plots in Kurdamir. On 6 February, Baku Military Court...

Summary: 4th hearing On 6 February, Baku Grave Crimes Court chaired by Judge Zeynal Aghayev continued the preliminary hearing on the criminal case of theologian Zulfugar Mikayilov, Elman Aghayev, Faig Allahverdiyev, Mehman Guliyev, Mehman Mammadov, Eldar Bunyatov, Elkhan Hasanov, Mubariz Ibrahimov,...

On 6 February, the European Parliament launched hearings on Azerbaijan titled “Relations between Azerbaijan and the European Union: Human Rights Swept under the Red Carpet?” The focus of the hearings, held amidst Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Brussels, is...