Baku / 10.01.19 / Turan: On January 9, the Baku Court of Appeal rejected the complaint of the Musavat party activist Azad Hasanov about the refusal to be transferred to house arrest. This was announced by his lawyer Osman Kazimov.
According to him, during the trial, Hasanov announced his beginning of a hunger strike in support of the blogger Mehman Huseynov and against the violation of his rights to meetings and telephone conversations with his relatives in the detention center.
* On December 26, 2018, 2 months before the completion of the term of his imprisonment, Mehman Huseynov was charged with beating a prison officer. In protest against the fabricated charges, Huseynov went on a hunger strike, which he still continues.
** Azad Hasanov has been in political emigration in Lithuania since 2014. On October 10, he returned to Baku to visit his seriously ill father. However, the next day he was detained. He was charged under Art. 234.4.3 (drug trafficking on a large scale) of the Criminal Code. On October 12, the court chose a measure of restraint in the form of arrest for a period of 4 months. The party Musavat announced the political motives of Hasanov's persecution. Human rights activists announced Hasanov a political prisoner. -03B06-
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Complaints about a foul gas-like odor persist in the Əhmədli, Günəşli, NZS settlements, and some other areas of Baku. Residents report that the issue has been ongoing for several days.
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On January 23, the weather in Baku will be cloudy. Rain is expected in some areas in the evening and morning; southeast and gusty wind. The air temperature at night will be +6+9°C, and during the day, it will be +9+11°C. Humidity will be 70-80%. Rain will also occur across the country, with heavy rainfall in some areas. Snow is expected in the mountainous regions. Fog will appear in some places; eastward and gusty wind is expected.
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One more child, who was injured in a road accident in Imishli region on 18 January, died in Baku hospital. Despite the efforts of doctors, the life of the minor born in 2015 could not be saved.
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Opposition members detained for critical social media posts were released on the same day, with no reports of mistreatment by authorities, Musavat Party deputy chairman Mustafa Hajibeyli told Turan news agency.
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