Azadliq Newspaper’s Financial Director Faig Amirli Detained

Faig Amirli, Azadliq newspaper’s financial director and assistant of opposition Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP) chairman, has been detained near his home by plainclothesmen of law enforcement agencies and taken to the Serious Crimes Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General’s...

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...

Youth Activist Arrested for Social Media Activities

      On February 16, Sabirabad regional police department arrested Rail Rustamov, youth activist and a member of Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP).   Rail Rustamov is the son of Sahib Rustamli, who is a member of APFP's Sabirabad branch. Rustamov's family was not informed...

Seymur Hazi ends hunger strike

 On 25 September, the jailed chief of the Azadliq newspaper politics department and host of the Azerbaijani Hour TV programme Seymur Hazi ended his hunger strike. He had launched the strike in protest against official pressure to refrain from making...

Motions denied in Murad Adilov's appeal hearing

    On September 3, Shirvan Appeal Court, chaired by judge Ismayil Ahmadov, held the preliminary hearing on the appeal filed by APFP member Murad Adilov. Adilov was not brought to court for the proceedings.   Adilov’s lawyer Yalchin Imanov presented three motions. The...
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