On December 19, Elshad Abdullayev, the former rector of Azerbaijan International University (AIU), now living in exile in France, addressed the Azerbaijani leadership, the Chief of the State Security Service Madat Guliyev, and the media. In his message, Elshad Abdullayev spoke about the threa   ts he had received from the arrested Major General Akif Chovdarov, the former Chief of the General Directorate for Energy and Transport

Former member of Azerbaijani parliament Gular Ahmadova, whose lawsuit played a defining role in the arrest of Khural newspaper chief editor AvazZeynalli, was taken into custody late on February 13. The General Prosecutor’s Office reports that the criminal case on charges of embezzlementhas been opened against former MP.The case is based on the materials and information obtained from the scandalous video of Gular Ahmadova bargaining over parliamentary