Summary: 12th hearing > Officers of Post Patrol Service Division of Sabunchu District Police Department testified at the hearing as victims in the case; > Defendant Vusal Alish said he would complain to the Supreme Court over the fact that the judge...

Bashir Suleymanli: This is yet Another Instance of Government Crackingdown on Civil Society On 30 March, former political prisoner, human rights defender Bashir Suleymanli’s father who lives in Yevlakh city “Yesterday,my father was taken to the police office in...

> Both parties’ opinions overlap on the issue of doctors’ responsibility; > Defendant’s lawyer: They broke Rasim’s rib in the hospital. On 29 March, Baku Court of Appeal held a hearing on the appeal filed against the judgment of the persons convicted...

Summary: 10th hearing > Lawyer Elchin Sadigov lodged motions to examine additional witnesses, to send a request to the cellular operator to extract the list of incoming and outgoing calls from the journalist’s mobile phone number and to submit the journalist’s...

> None of the motions was granted by the court; > Addressing the judge, Mehman Huseynov said: It would be good if you release me, but I would not care if you do not. On 29 March, Baku Court of Appeal held...

> The court did not give the defence time to get acquainted with the case materials; > The judge made a hasty decision, without granting any of the motions; > Lawyer Fuad Agayev believes that the hurried issuance of the decision is...

On 28 March, Baku Court of Appeal chaired by Judge Elshana Valiyeva considered Azerbaijan Popular Front Party’s (APFP) appeal against the Ministry of Justice over the Ministry’s refusal to recognise the latest congress of the Party. APFP’s representative Samad Rahimli noted...

On 27 March, Masalli Regional Court extended the pre-trial detention period of Sardar Babayev, a member of the Assembly of Azerbaijani Clergy and the editor-in-chief of maide.az website, for another month, lawyer Javad Javadov has said. The theologian’s period of arrest...

On 28 March, Guba Regional Court convicted the eleven people arrested for participating in a rally of protest over socio-economic difficulties held in Siyazan region in January of last year. At a hearing chaired by Judge Elman Ahmadov, the court handed...

The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) resolutely condemns today’s decision of a court in Baku to reject a complaint against inhuman treatment filed by the imprisoned blogger and human rights defender Mehman Huseynov. The decision comes within 24...