Amnesty International has recognized members of the party Musavat Faraj and Siraj Kerimovs arrested on charges of selling drugs prisoners of conscience. In a statement, the organization said that the two brothers were tortured to extract confessions from them. The lawyer was allowed to Faraj Kerimli only on August 2 – 10 days after his […]
Today Sabunchu District Court of Baku, chaired by Suleyman Agayev completed a new trial in the case of theologian Thale Bagirzade. The court found him guilty under Article 317-1 (storage of prohibited items in the establishment of the penitentiary,) and sentenced him to four months’ imprisonment. In particular, mobile phone was removed from his camera. […]
The Sumgayit Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal by the former Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Nijat Guliyev, sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment on charges of illegal possession of weapons. The court upheld the verdict of the court of first instance, Turan was told at the Sumgait Court of Appeal. Earlier Guliyev rejected the accusations, […]
August 8, prosecutors began to search the apartment of the human rights defender Intigam Aliyev and the office of the Legal Education Society he is the head of. Previously, he was summoned to the Investigation Department for Serious Crimes of the Prosecutor General’s Office as a witness. Turan was told by the head of the […]
Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights will raise the issue of Faraj Kerimli’s detention during OSCE meeting to be organized in Warsaw Faraj Kerimli, Deputy Chairman of the Youth Wing of the “Musavat” party was detained by law enforcers on July 23. In a statement, the Ministry of Interior said that he was accused […]
The Office for Combating Corruption under the General Prosecutor’s Office completed the investigation into the officers of the former International University (AIU). The investigation found that Dean of the Operating Oil and Gas Fields Faculty, Mahmoud Efendiev, conspired with the Rector Elshad Abdullayev to make transfers of students enrolled at AMU to universities of Makhachkala, […]
Baku Court of Appeal chaired by Sahib Akhmedov today rejected appeals of youth activist Orkhan Eyubzade against an extension of his arrest for another month, Turan was told by the lawyer said Asabali Mustafayev. The lawyer considers unreasonable the detention of Eyubzade, and intends to file a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights. […]
The Coordinator of the Public Alliance Azerbaijan without Political Prisoners, the former “prisoner of conscience” Elshan Hasanov June 12 was detained by police at about 18:00 near the metro station Koroglu and released after 2.5 hours. Hasanov reported he was detained when he was taking photos of the fencing installed on the underpass in the […]
The Board for administrative and economic affairs of the Supreme Court, under the chairmanship of Kamaleddin Badalov held June 12 consideration of the appeal from the editor of Tolyshi Sado Hilal Mamedovn about a violation of the presumption of innocence on the part of the Interior Ministry and the Prosecutor General. In a joint press […]
The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan appointed on June 12 consideration of the appeal from the chief editor of Tolyshi Sado Hilal Mamedov sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. The complaint will be considered in the division of criminal cases under the chairmanship of Inglab Nasirov at 11:00. At the same time, the college for administrative and […]
A lawyer Fuad Agayev today visited in Sheki jail Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of REAL Movement. The visit was connected with the fact that two prisoners were placed to Mamedov’s ward on June 1. Moreover, they both are smokers, including while Mamedov did not smoke. Today it became clear that three more smokers were placed […]
Azerbaijan’s justice system once again turned into a political tool of repression this week when a Baku court sentenced Anar Mammadli, an independent election monitoring group leader, and two of his colleagues to lengthy prison terms to stop their activism. As a chairman of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDS) since 2001, Mammadli […]
Hearing in the case of Ismailly events scheduled for June 5 in the Sheki Appeal Court is postponed for an indefinite period, said lawyers convicted. On 23-24 January 2013 riots began in Ismailly region after the drunken workers of the hotel “Chirag” insulted local residents. Protesters set fire to a hotel “Chirag ” and ransacked […]
Bakhtiyar Guliyev, a member of the NIDA youth movement, who has been sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment, wrote a statement on leaving the organization. This information, appeared with reference to the press service of the Prison Service and was confirmed by his father, Samandar Guliyev. The statement on the website reads that “while in […]
On June 2 a lawyer Fariz Namazly visited Anar Mammadov ,the head of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDSC) and executive director of this NGO Suleymanli Bashir , in the jail of Kurdakhani. According to the lawyer, they did not complain about the conditions of detention, but do not agree with their convictions […]
Amnesty International has recognized members of the party Musavat Faraj and Siraj Kerimovs arrested on charges of selling drugs prisoners of conscience. In a statement, the organization said that the two brothers were tortured to ...
Today Sabunchu District Court of Baku, chaired by Suleyman Agayev completed a new trial in the case of theologian Thale Bagirzade. The court found him guilty under Article 317-1 (storage of prohibited items in the ...
The Sumgayit Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal by the former Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Nijat Guliyev, sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment on charges of illegal possession of weapons. The court upheld the verdict ...
August 8, prosecutors began to search the apartment of the human rights defender Intigam Aliyev and the office of the Legal Education Society he is the head of. Previously, he was summoned to the Investigation ...
Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights will raise the issue of Faraj Kerimli’s detention during OSCE meeting to be organized in Warsaw Faraj Kerimli, Deputy Chairman of the Youth Wing of the “Musavat” party ...
The Office for Combating Corruption under the General Prosecutor’s Office completed the investigation into the officers of the former International University (AIU). The investigation found that Dean of the Operating Oil and Gas Fields Faculty, ...
Baku Court of Appeal chaired by Sahib Akhmedov today rejected appeals of youth activist Orkhan Eyubzade against an extension of his arrest for another month, Turan was told by the lawyer said Asabali Mustafayev. The ...
The Coordinator of the Public Alliance Azerbaijan without Political Prisoners, the former “prisoner of conscience” Elshan Hasanov June 12 was detained by police at about 18:00 near the metro station Koroglu and released after 2.5 ...
The Board for administrative and economic affairs of the Supreme Court, under the chairmanship of Kamaleddin Badalov held June 12 consideration of the appeal from the editor of Tolyshi Sado Hilal Mamedovn about a violation ...
The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan appointed on June 12 consideration of the appeal from the chief editor of Tolyshi Sado Hilal Mamedov sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. The complaint will be considered in the division ...
A lawyer Fuad Agayev today visited in Sheki jail Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of REAL Movement. The visit was connected with the fact that two prisoners were placed to Mamedov’s ward on June 1. Moreover, ...
Azerbaijan’s justice system once again turned into a political tool of repression this week when a Baku court sentenced Anar Mammadli, an independent election monitoring group leader, and two of his colleagues to lengthy prison ...
Hearing in the case of Ismailly events scheduled for June 5 in the Sheki Appeal Court is postponed for an indefinite period, said lawyers convicted. On 23-24 January 2013 riots began in Ismailly region after ...
Bakhtiyar Guliyev, a member of the NIDA youth movement, who has been sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment, wrote a statement on leaving the organization. This information, appeared with reference to the press service of ...
On June 2 a lawyer Fariz Namazly visited Anar Mammadov ,the head of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDSC) and executive director of this NGO Suleymanli Bashir , in the jail of Kurdakhani. ...