On November 18 President Ilham Aliyev approved the National Action Plan for 2017-2019 on the fight against money laundering and other property obtained by criminal means and the financing of terrorism.
The Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Taxes, the Ministry of Interior, the State Security Service, the State Border Service, the State Customs Committee and a number of other agencies are charged with sending electronic annual reports on the implementation of the measures stipulated by the National Action Plan to the Cabinet of Ministers and the Commission on Fight against Corruption. The reports are to be submitted by December 15 every year. The Cabinet and the Anti-Corruption Commission are to inform the Head of State. -02D-
Politics
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On November 28, the Tbilisi City Court ruled to extradite Afgan Sadigov, the head of the website Azel.TV, to Azerbaijan. This was reported by his wife Sevinj Sadigova. The defense will appeal the court's decision.
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The leader of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), Ali Kerimli, has stated that his internet blockade has become more severe. “For almost five years, I have been under an internet blockade. But recently, it has taken on an openly blatant and shameless form,” Kerimli said during a press conference today.
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On November 27, an online hearing took place at the Khatai District Court regarding a petition from the defense for the release of Alaskar Mammadli, the founder of Toplum TV, under house arrest. Mammadli has been in custody at Baku’s Detention Center No. 1. The court denied the petition, Mammadli's brother, Nasimi Mammadli.
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On November 28, another hearing took place in the case of public activist Ilhamiz Guliyev. During the proceedings, the court reviewed a response from the 28th Police Station of the Yasamal District in Baku. At the previous hearing, the defense had requested that the court obtain footage from the surveillance cameras at this police station, where Guliyev was taken on December 4 of last year. However, the police response stated that the video footage had not been preserved.
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