Rasim Aliyev

Journalist Rasim Aliyev’s Murder: Footballer Javid Huseynov’s Appeal Being Heard

Summary: Hearing 1  At the court hearing, defendant Javid Huseynov’s lawyer Adam Mammadov lodged a motion to hear the appeal through a partial retrial, but the motion was turned down. Baku Court of Appeal, chaired by judge Hasan Ahmadov, held a...

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Journalist Rasim Aliyev’s Death Case: X-Ray Imaging Results Requested in Court of Appeal

Summary: Hearing 2  Shamsaddin Guliyev, the lawyer of defendants Elshan Ismayilov, Jamal Mammadov and Samir Mustafayev, filed a motion requesting the submission of the results of the X-ray examination of Rasim Aliyev conducted at City Clinical Hospital #1;  The judge...

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Journalist Rasim Aliyev’s Murder Case: Footballer Javid Huseynov Sentenced to 4 Years in Jail

Elman Rahimov, the presiding judge at Sabail District Court, held a hearing on the criminal case against the football player Javid Huseynov, who is being prosecuted in connection with the death of journalist Rasim Aliyev. Huseynov stands charged under articles...

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Appeal Filed by Men Accused in Journalist Rasim Aliyev’s Death under Review

Summary: Hearing 1  The victim’s representative Fariz Namazli filed a motion to discontinue the proceedings on the case and to return the case to Baku Grave Crimes Court for retrial. The court denied the motion;  The defendants Elshan Ismayilov, Arif...

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Journalist Rasim Aliyev’s Murder Case: Public Prosecutor Seeks 4-Year Jail Sentence for Footballer Javid Huseynov

Summary: Hearing 8 (May 11) Prosecution witness Aydin Mahmudov testified that when he was with journalist Rasim Aliyev at the hospital, Javid Huseynov arrived and told Rasim,“if it’s really my relatives who have assaulted you, we will cover all of your...

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Journalist Rasim Aliyev’s Murder Case: Defense Witnesses Questioned

Summary: Hearing 7 (May 04) At the hearing, defense witness Sabuhi Safiyarli testified that he heard about the beating of Rasim Aliyev from the journalists who phoned him on August 08 2015, and that he had gone to the hospital with...

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Journalist Rasim Aliyev’s Murder Case: Parents File an Appeal

The parents of former IRFS chairman and journalist Rasim Aliyev have filed an appeal against Baku Grave Crimes Court’s April 01 2016 verdict in their son’s murder case reported Fariz Namazli, the lawyer defending the late journalist. Rasim Aliyev died...

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Journalist Rasim Aliyev’s Murder Case: Questioning of Prosecution Witnesses Completed

Summary: Hearing 6 (April 27) Testifying at the hearing, the prosecution witness Parviz Gabilzade said that he had no relation to the charge against Javid Huseynov. He said he knew that his cousin Elshan Ismayilov, who is accused in Rasim’s death,...

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Journalist Rasim Aliyev’s Murder Case: Late Journalist’s Mother Testifies as a Witness in Javid Huseynov’s Trial

Summary: Hearing 4 (April 06) Defendant Javid Huseynov’s mother Khalida Hajiyeva testified as a witness and said that her son was not guilty of murdering the late journalist Rasim Aliyev; Late journalist Rasim Aliyev’s mother Teyfura Aliyeva also testified in the court...

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Journalist Rasim Aliyev’s Murder Case: Javid Huseynov’s Lawyer Attempts to Have the Journalist’s Mother Excluded from the Court Proceedings

Summary: Hearing 3 (March 30) Defendant Javid Huseynov’s lawyer Adam Mammadov filed a motion requesting to remove the names of Rasim Aliyev’s mother Teyfura Aliyeva and Javid Huseynov’s mother Khalida Hajiyeva from the list of witnesses. The justification was that they...