The charge high treason was separated from the case of the human rights defenders Leila and Arif Yunus, according to their lawyer Elchin Gambarov. He said that preliminary investigation is coming to end, and soon the case will be sent to the court, which will consider only the charges of economic crimes.
With regard to the allegations under article "treason", according to the Criminal Procedure Code, the investigation may be suspended or separately investigated. The decision will be made by the investigating authority. He called the separation of the treason charges a "good prospect" in the case of spouses Yunus.
The spouses Leyla and Arif Yunus, were arrested last summer. International human rights organizations have recognized them as political prisoners and called for their release.-06D--
Politics
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday welcomed his first international guest - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House at a critical juncture for the Middle East ceasefire. In a surprise move, the pair unveiled a surprise plan with Trump suggesting that the U.S. could take control of the Gaza Strip, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports from the White House.
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Journalist Shamsad Aga was detained by police during the late hours, his brother Shahid Agayev reported to Voice of America.
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The Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan reacted to the report of the Kazakh side on the crash of AZAL aircraft on 25 December, published on Tuesday 4 February.
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The Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan has published a preliminary report on the investigation of the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer-190 aircraft, which occurred on December 25, 2024, near Aktau. The report is publicly available on the ministry's official website.
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