[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On April 6, the Baku Court of Appeal rejected the complaint of journalist Hafiz Babala against the refusal to transfer him to house arrest, his lawyer Rasul Jafarov told Turan. During the meeting, the journalist again pointed out the groundlessness of his criminal prosecution. Babaly stressed that the criminal case against him was opened in retaliation for journalistic investigations of corruption.
* The editor of the “economic news” department of the Turan agency, Hafiz Babaly, was detained on December 13. He was charged with “smuggling foreign currency.” By a court decision, he was subjected to pre-trial detention for a period of three months. Babaly was involved in the “Abzas Media case”. Human rights activists recognized Babaly as a political prisoner.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]