Ganimat Zahid

Azerbaijani Hour TV Program Temporarily Off Air

The TV program “Azerbaijani Hour” will be off the air for some weeks as the Turkey-based Barish TV, on which the program was broadcast, has been shut down along with 15 other TV channels, the author and host of the...

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Critical Journalist Ganimat Zahid’s Relatives Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison

Summary: Hearing 13  At today’s hearing, Rovshan Zahidov’s lawyer Tahir Khanaliyev made a speech and asked for Rovshan Zahidov’s acquittal;  Rufat Zahidov made his final speech. He said the drugs found on him and in his car did not belong...

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Prosecutor Seeks Jail Sentence for Critical Journalist Ganimat Zahid’s Relatives

Summary: Hearing 11  Making a speech at the hearing, public prosecutor Elchin Gafarov said the defendants’ offences were proven through material evidence in the case, witness testimonies and expert opinion. He asked the court to issue a verdict of guilty...

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Judicial Investigation Completed in Trial of Critical Journalist Ganimat Zahid’s Relatives

Summary: Hearing 10  At the hearing, Rovshan Zahidov’s lawyer Tahir Khanaliyev filed a motion to obtain and examine the evidence confirming the violations committed during the pre-trial proceedings and determining the grounds for acquittal, and to question additional witnesses. The...

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Witness Testimonies Continue in Trial of Critical Journalist Ganimat Zahid’s Relatives

Summary: Hearing 9 (April 29) Interior Ministry Main Drug Enforcement Department’s (MDED) employee Farid Aliyev testified as a witness and said that based on information received, he and MDED detectives Gasim Huseynov and Surkhay Aliyev conducted a joint operation. Aliyev added...

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Prosecution Witnesses Questioned in Trial of Ganimat Zahid’s Relatives

Summary: Hearing 6 (March 28) Witnesses - Rovshan Zahidov's wife Leyla Ibrahimova, Shamakhi Regional Police Department's operating officer Baba Atakishiyev and attesting witnesses Mehman Hidayetov and Seymur Adgozelov - were questioned at the hearing; Witness Leyla Ibrahimova said the drugs had been...

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Trial of Ganimat Zahid’s Relatives Begins

Trial of Ganimat Zahid’s Relatives Begins Summary: Hearing 1 (February 19, 2016) Ø Bahruz Bayramov, the lawyer for the defendant Rufat Zahidov, filed a verbal motion to present the indictment bill to his client, as it had not yet been served. The...

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Families of human rights defenders under attack in Azerbaijan

Families of human rights defenders under attack in Azerbaijan The Azerbaijani regime is trying to silence human rights defenders in exile by targeting their families and loved ones – those whom they were forced to leave behind. On 22 July, Ganimat Zahid, the...

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Journalist Seymur Hazi: “ I am behind bars because of my journalism”

On July 28, the Sumgait Court of Appeal held a hearing on the case of Seymur Hazi, a department head at Azadliq newspaper and the presenter of the Azerbaijan Hour TV program. Hazi was arrested for fighting with Baku resident Maharram...