The Pressure on the Family Members of Meydan TV Journalists Continues
On Tuesday (December 22) Baku’s Grave Crimes Court held a preparatory hearing in the case of Nazim Agabeyov, a brother-in-law of activist Emin Milli.
Agabeyov was arrested in Baku on July 27 on drug-related charges. Emin Milli, director of a Berlin-based media channel, Meydan TV, says the charges are “bogus and absurd ”.
In the course of the hearing, Nazim Agabeyov’s lawyer Adil Ismayilov filed a motion to discontinue the proceedings on the criminal case, arguing that his client had not committed any crime, and therefore the charges...