A journalist was not allowed to work at a polling station in the Nasimi district

The trial of disabled activist Famil Khalilov, who is paralyzed and has a first-degree disability, continued today in the Baku Serious Crimes Court. At the beginning of the  trial, it was announced that the witness in this case would be unable to attend the hearing, so the trial was postponed to February 6. However, Khalilov's defense presented several motions, which the court heard.

On January 30, the Baku Appeals Court rejected the appeal of the journalist Aytaj Tapdyg, who was arrested in connection with the Meydan TV case, her lawyer, Javad Javadov told Turan.

The municipal elections held on January 29 were neither free nor fair and did not reflect the will of the people,  the conclusion of the Central Election Headquarters of the "Musavat" Party. The document notes that the elections were postponed for more than a month without any explanations. There was no democratic atmosphere during the elections, which took place under conditions of repression, without a democratic legislative framework.

On Thursday, the trial of former deputy and entrepreneur Huseyn Abdullayev continued at the Baku Serious Crimes Court, chaired by Azer Tagiev. On January 30, it was announced that the judicial investigation had been updated due to Abdullayev's appeals to President Ilham Aliyev and the country's Prosecutor General. However, the appeals did not help, and the prosecutor reiterated the indictment, once again requesting a 10-year prison sentence for Abdullayev.