4 months preventive measure selected against arrested civil servants

On May 16, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) announced three rulings and decisions on Azerbaijan, the legal information website reports https://aihmaz.org /. In the case of “Azadlig” Newspaper and Ganimat Zahidov v. Azerbaijan, the complaint concerned a court decision against an opposition publication for publishing an article titled "The Secret of cheap meat in the Ministry of Defense."

Today, the Ganja Court of Appeal has completed consideration of the complaint of Osman Narimanoglu (Rzayev), the head of the demokratik.az  site on the sentence of imprisonment for 6.5 years.  As Narimanoglu Arzu Rzayeva's wife told Turan, After a formal trial, the court announced the verdict in the absence of a lawyer, leaving the verdict of the first instance unchanged, Narimanoglu’s wife Arzu Rzayeva told Turan.

The Main Medical Department of the Ministry of Justice informed about the results of Alesker Mammadli's tests, which were taken from him on April 26.  "The letter indicates that the hormone level in Alesker Mammadli's blood is normal," lawyer Agil Laidj said. It is also claimed that a consultation was held with an oncologist and it was established that "the oncological process is not monitored."

Georgia's application to join the European Union will be frozen if the law on "foreign agents" is finally adopted, the Financial Times reports, citing EU officials.  "We made it very clear that this would stop the negotiations," the source said. "The Georgian government knows what the outcome will be."  According to sources, if the law comes into force, Brussels' decision to start negotiations with Georgia on joining the EU will be postponed indefinitely.