On February 27 Baku Grave Crimes Court held a closed hearing on the case of Tolishy Sado newspaper chief editor Hilal Mammadov. As lawyer Anar Gasimli told the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS), the prosecution’s witnesses provided testimonies. (more…)

A closed trial was held on February 15, on the case of Tolishy Sado newspaper chief editor Hilal Mammadov in Baku Grave Crimes Court. Huseynaga Ganiyev, former member of the Parliament, and Huseynaga Aliyev, former chief of Lankaran City Department of the Ministry of National Security, testified in the trial, Mammadov’s lawyer Yalchin Imanov told the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS). (more…)