Arrested blogger Mehman Galandarov appears to have hanged himself in Baku Detention Centre #1, where he was held. The coordinator of ‘Azerbaijan Without Political Prisoners’ Public Alliance, human rights defender Ogtay Gulaliyev reported this on 29 April. He noted that...

Even the closest relatives of Abulfaz Bunyadov, who has become paralysed after being shot during the Nardaran incident and whose pre-trial detention was replaced after more than one year in custody, are not allowed to enter his house, Bunyadov’s lawyer...

Summary: 15th hearing On 28 April, Baku Grave Crimes Court chaired by Judge Mayil Bayramov held another hearing on the criminal case of Muslim Union Movement (MUM) chairman Taleh Bagirzade’s deputy Elchin Gasimov and MUM members Nahid Gahramanov, Aghaali Yahyayev, Seyfaddin...

> The Ministry of Communications has sent in a letter which reads that Emin Mammadov, Sahrab Humbatov and Namazali Mammadov have fully paid the monetary damages caused by them to the Ministry, so the Ministry no longer has any civil...

> Ilgar Aliyev’s 12-year jail sentence was reduced by 6 months. On 28 April, Baku Court of Appeal heard the appeal filed by NGO Chairman Ilgar Aliyev, who has recently been imprisoned on illegal business and other charges, against his judgment....

On 27 April, Shirvan Appeal Court held another hearing on the case of azel.tv website founder and editor, journalist Afgan Sadigov, who has been sentenced to 2 years and 5 months in jail on hooliganism charges. Speaking of the court session,...

On 27 April,Sabail District Court launched judicial proceedings on the application of the Electronic Security Centre (ESC) under the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies seeking to block several websitesin the territory of Azerbaijan. ESC has appealed to the...

On 27 April, Bastainfo.com website editor-in-chief Mustafa Hajibayli was interrogated in the 5th police station of Binagadi District Police Department, Hajibayli reported himself. “I was received by Major Javanshir Guliyev in the fifth police station. He told me that the police...

Summary: 1st hearing > At the preliminary court hearing, Elgiz Gahraman’s lawyer Fariz Namazli lodged motions in writing to replace his client’s pre-trial detention with house arrest, to allow Elgiz Gahraman to sit next to his lawyer at hearings, and to...

On 27 April, Baku Court of Appeal chaired by Judge Gail Mammadov heard the appeal brought against Sabail District Court’s decision of 28 March 2017 in the caseconcerning prominent blogger and human rights activist Mehman Huseynov’s subjection to torture in...