A Baku court has remanded oppositionist Kenan Zeynalov, who was detained on suspicion of stabbing a person. Fellow party members have called the investigation’s version implausible.
On the evening of March 22, the Surakhani District Court of Baku chose a preventive measure in the form of arrest for four months for Zeynalov, said Natig Adilov, head of the PFPA press service.
According to him, Zeynalov did not have a lawyer of his choice; the activist was assigned a defense attorney at state expense. Associates plan to involve a lawyer specializing in human rights in Zeynalov’s defense, and the decision to arrest him will be appealed, Adilov said.