24 NGOs condemn today’s sentencing of Mehman Huseynov, call for end to crackdown on pressfreedom in Azerbaijan The undersigned organisations condemn in the strongest possible terms today’s sentencing of Mehman Huseynov, Azerbaijani journalist and chairman of the country’s leading freedom of...

The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) resolutely denounces an Azerbaijani court decision to sentence the IRFS chairman and popular blogger Mehman Huseynov to two years in prison and calls for his immediate and unconditional release. IRFS calls on...

Summary: 9th hearing > Defendants Vusal Alish and Seymur Hasanov testified and recounted how they had been tortured after their arrest. On 3 March, Baku Grave Crimes Court chaired by Judge Mayil Bayramov held another hearing on the criminal case of Muslim...

On 3 March, Nasimi District Court, under Judge Shalala Hasanova, reviewed the application of the prosecutor’s office to extend journalist Elchin Ismayilli’s period of pre-trial detention. Elchin Ismayilli’s detention term was extended for three months. Background: Elchin Ismayilli, a journalist based in...

On 3 March, Nasimi District Court chaired by Judge Shalala Hasanova considered the prosecution motion to prolong the period of Azerbaijan Popular Front Party activist Fuad Ahmadli’s detention on remand. The court extended the activist’s detention term for three months. Background: Fuad...

On 3 March, Nasimi District Court examined the petition filed by the prosecutor’s office seeking the extension of the pre-trial detention term of the assistant to the chairman of Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), distribution director of Azadliq newspaper Faig...

• The court completed the judicial investigation in one hearing; • None of the defence motions were sustained, and the defendant was handcuffed in the courtroom. Surakhani District Court held a hearing on Nasimi District Police Department chief Musa Musayev’s private prosecution...