On December 2, Baku Court of Appeal rejected the Muslim Union Movement chairman Taleh Bagirzade’s appeal against pretrial detention, his lawyer Javad Javadov said.   The appellate court’s building has been surrounded by police officers. Bagirzade and the men arrested along with him are being charged with deliberate homicide, terrorism, creating mass disorder, illegal possession of arms and ammunition, organizing actions violating public

  The main topic of public discussion is the events that took place in the Nardaran settlement last month, namely the police operation on November 26 which led to violent clashes, ending with the death of two police officers and four civilians. People set up barricades in Nardaran. Electricity and water supplies to the settlement have been suspended, and telephone lines were cut. Law enforcement agencies claim that Muslim Union Movement leader