➢ Witness Zakir Mustafayev said he did not know Chovdarov in person and had never appealed to him for assistance; ➢ Nasib Aliyev, who himself is charged with embezzlement, noted that Chovdarov had exacted money...

On 13 February, Yasamal District Court chaired by Judge Azer Taghiyev held a hearing on the case of TV journalist, media expert, Prof. Gulu Maharramli. The trial had been ongoing for almost a year on Azerbaijan Television, and Radio Broadcasting...

Summary: 5th hearing ➢ Ali Huseynov’s lawyer Zibeyda Sadigova filed a motion to allow her client to sit next to her. Public prosecutor Ali Aliyev asked for the motion to be denied. The court did not grant the...

Former Board member of NIDA Civic Movement Rashad Hasanov has migrated to Europe. According to Hasanov, the reason for his migration was his being forced into collaboration with the State Security Service (SSS). The former political prisoner made this revelation...

On 13 February, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on the merger of the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Communications and High Technologies. The order reportedly aims to upgrade the structure of the state governance in the...