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Critical Journalist’s Brothers Released

According to lawyer Fariz Namazli, the court has granted an early release to Raji and Vakil Imanov, brothers of Gunel Movlud, a journalist cooperating with the independent online television Meydan TV which reports on corruption and other illegal actions of...

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Journalists Punished for Cooperating with Government Critic Meydan TV

Prosecutor General has not granted a complaint filed by Aytaj Ahmadov, a journalist collaborating with the government critic and independent online television Meydan TV, over her arrest by the Main Organized Crime Department (MOCD) on September 16 2015, illegal search...

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Meydan TV Targeted for Reporting on Government Corruption

The independent online television Meydan TV, which reports on the corruption and other illegal actions of the government, has been targeted by the authorities. Founded in May 2013, Meydan TV is an internet-based television reporting on human rights abuses and...

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Court Rejects Motions by Emin Milli’s Brother-In-Law Summary: Hearing 7 (February 15, 2016)

Court Rejects Motions by Emin Milli’s Brother-In-Law Summary: Hearing 7 (February 15, 2016) Ø The court denied Adil Ismayilov's motion to interrogate investigator Shovgi Ahmadov and the chief operating officer for important cases Elshan Jahangirov as witnesses in court; Ø The lawyer's second motion...

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Trial of Emin Milli’s Brother-in-Law Continues

Summary: Hearing 5 (January 29) Ø Nazim Agabayov’s lawyer, Adil Ismayilov, filed a written motion requesting that copies of the act on taking Nazim Agabayov to the forensic examination office for drug test and back and the spectrogram that needed to be...

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Witnesses Testify in Trial of Emin Milli’s Brother-in-Law

Summary: Hearing 4 (January 21) Ø Naib Omarov, an employee of Baku City Main Police Office's Drug Enforcement Department, testified that he had not seen Nazim Agabayov being intimidated and that at the time of arrest, Agabayov's lawyer was called to the...

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Violation of Journalist Shirin Abbasov’s Rights Continues

Shirin Abbasov, a freelance journalist collaborating with Meydan TV, was sentenced to 30 days of administrative detention in September 2015. While in detention, he was prevented from meeting with his lawyer, Elchin Sadigov. After his release, Shirin Abbasov gave a...

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Emin Milli’s brother-in-law denies charges

On December 28, Baku Grave Crimes Court, chaired by judge Afgan Hajiyev, continued the hearing on the case of Nazim Agabeyov, the brother-in-law of Meydan TV director Emin Milli. At the hearing, the public prosecutor announced the indictment. Nazim Agabeyov stands...

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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...

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Journalist Shirin Abbasov says he has received death threats

On November 19, Shirin Abbasov, a journalist cooperating with Meydan TV, said that he has been threatened by employees of the Main Organized Crime Department (MOCD). According to the journalist, despite having served his prison sentence, official harassment is continuing. “I just...