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Journalist Rasim Aliyev’s Murder Case: Public Prosecutor Seeks 4-Year Jail Sentence for Footballer Javid Huseynov

Summary: Hearing 8 (May 11) Prosecution witness Aydin Mahmudov testified that when he was with journalist Rasim Aliyev at the hospital, Javid Huseynov arrived and told Rasim,“if it’s really my relatives who have assaulted you, we will cover all of your...

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Journalist and NGO Activist Elchin Hasanov on Trial

Nizami District Court, chaired by judge Mazahir Sadigov, held a hearing on the hooliganism case against Elchin Hasanov, deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Yukselis.info website, and Deputy Director of the NGO Legal Education of Sumgait Youth. The criminal case against Hasanov...

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Journalist Rasim Aliyev’s Murder Case: Defense Witnesses Questioned

Summary: Hearing 7 (May 04) At the hearing, defense witness Sabuhi Safiyarli testified that he heard about the beating of Rasim Aliyev from the journalists who phoned him on August 08 2015, and that he had gone to the hospital with...

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Journalist Rasim Aliyev’s Murder Case: Parents File an Appeal

The parents of former IRFS chairman and journalist Rasim Aliyev have filed an appeal against Baku Grave Crimes Court’s April 01 2016 verdict in their son’s murder case reported Fariz Namazli, the lawyer defending the late journalist. Rasim Aliyev died...

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Jailed Journalist Seymur Hazi Receives International Award

Seymur Hazi – a journalist at Azadliq, an opposition newspaper critical of the government, and a host of the TV program Azerbaijani Hour – has been selected as one of the laureates of the Fritt Ord Foundation and the ZEIT-Stiftung...

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Journalist Rasim Aliyev’s Murder Case: Questioning of Prosecution Witnesses Completed

Summary: Hearing 6 (April 27) Testifying at the hearing, the prosecution witness Parviz Gabilzade said that he had no relation to the charge against Javid Huseynov. He said he knew that his cousin Elshan Ismayilov, who is accused in Rasim’s death,...

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Court Refuses to Consider Complaint Filed by Journalist Cooperating with Critical Media Outlet

Nasimi District Court has refused to accept for consideration the supervisory complaint filed by Aynur Elgunash, a journalist collaborating with the government critic and independent online media Meydan TV, against the ban prohibiting her from leaving the country. The Institute...

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Journalists Punished for Cooperating with Government Critic Meydan TV

Prosecutor General has not granted a complaint filed by Aytaj Ahmadov, a journalist collaborating with the government critic and independent online television Meydan TV, over her arrest by the Main Organized Crime Department (MOCD) on September 16 2015, illegal search...

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Travel Ban against Journalist Lifted

The travel ban prohibiting journalist Aynur Imranova from leaving the country has been lifted. Aynur Imranova has been barred from leaving the country since November 2014. The Serious Crimes Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office launched a criminal case...

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Journalist sentenced to administrative detention

On December 2, Sabunchu District Court sentenced Ilkin Mammadli, the acting editor of azadxeber.az website, to 22-days of administrative detention, reported Mammadli’s father. According to the editor’s father, Sabunchu district police office confirmed his son’s detention and told him that he...