Recall that on 14 December 2007 Hasanov reported being harassed by police while covering picket a about the unjust imprisonment of "Azadlig" Newspaper Editor-in-Chief G. Zahid and pressure against the expression of freedom in Azerbaijan. According to Hasanov he was brought to Sabail District Police Department #9, where he was allegedly beat and insulted.
In January 2007 Hasanov a filed a claim in the Sabayil District Court demanding the institution of a criminal case against Police Department Chief Hasan Abdullayev and other employees of the same department. The claim was not considered for a long period of time and then discarded. Only after Hasanov appealed to Court Rights Council, was the claim accepted for consideration.