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Court Denies Alayif Hasanov’s Lawsuit against Bar Association

Baku Administrative Economic Court #1, chaired by Judge Elchin Mammadov, held a hearing on Alayif Hasanov’s lawsuit against Bar Association, requesting the annulment of the decision dated July 3, 2015 on his disbarment and termination of his lawyer activity. Bar...

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Disbarred Lawyer’s Lawsuit against Bar Association Deemed Inadmissible

Summary: Hearing 2  Plaintiff Muzaffar Bakhishov’s representative Samad Rahimli told the court that the lawsuit needed to be heard by an administrative-economic court, as the Bar Association was exercising public authority over the disciplinary proceedings of lawyers;  Bar Association representative...

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Second Hearing Held in Former Lawyer Alayif Hasanov’s Lawsuit Against Bar Association

Summary: Hearing 2  At the hearing, Bar Association’s representative Altay Muradov commented on plaintiff Alayif Hasanov’s motion requesting that Bar Association Presidium provide the court with the protocol of the meeting on terminating his lawyer activity, the meeting’s verbatim transcript,...

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Court Grants Lawyer Muzaffar Bakhishov’s Motion for Stay of Proceedings

Summary: Hearing 3  Muzaffar Bakhishov was a practicing lawyer until his disbarment by the decision of the Bar Association Presidium on April 1, 2016. Supreme Court judge Tatyana Goldman had complained to the Bar Association against Muzaffar Bakhishov over the...

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Court Grants Lawyer Muzaffar Bakhishov’s Motion for Stay of Proceedings

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Bar Association Litigation Against Lawyer Continues

Summary: Hearing 2  Muzaffar Bakhishov was a practicing lawyer until his disbarment by the decision of the Bar Association Presidium on April 1, 2016. Supreme Court judge Tatyana Goldman had complained to the Bar Association against Muzaffar Bakhishov over the...

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Court Proceedings on Lawyer Muzaffar Bakhishov’s Disbarment Kick Off

Summary: Hearing 1  Muzaffar Bakhishov was a practicing lawyer until his disbarment by the decision of the Bar Association Presidium on April 1, 2016. Supreme Court judge Tatyana Goldman had complained to the Bar Association against Muzaffar Bakhishov over the...

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Lawyer Denied Meeting with Arrested Theologian Taleh Bagirzade

Lawyer Elchin Sadigov’s request for a meeting with Muslim Union Movement director Taleh Bagirzade, who is held in Baku Detention Facility, has been turned down, Sadigov told the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS). Taleh Bagirzade was arrested in an...

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Travel Ban against Journalist Lifted

The travel ban prohibiting journalist Aynur Imranova from leaving the country has been lifted. Aynur Imranova has been barred from leaving the country since November 2014. The Serious Crimes Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office launched a criminal case...

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Complaint to Be Filed with Bar Association against Lawyer Defending Political Prisoners

Narimanov District Court, under the judge Turgay Huseynov, continued the hearing on the hooliganism case against Mammad Ibrahim, the advisor to the chairman of Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP). Mammad Ibrahim was arrested on September 30, 2015, in a criminal case...