Appeal court keeps Aziz Orujev in custody
Baku/08.01.24/Turan: The Baku Court of Appeal on 8 January rejected an appeal against the refusal to place the head of "Kanal-13" Internet TV Aziz Orujev under house arrest.
Lawyer Aghil Laij told Turan that the defence had no illusions about the possibility of a positive decision. However, such a complaint had to be filed in order to further appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
Laij stressed that Orujev does not plead guilty to the incriminated articles of the Criminal Code and linked the criminal case to his journalistic activities.
*Orujev was detained on 27 November and charged under Article 188.2 (illegal construction). The next day the court arrested him for three months.
On 19 December he was charged under Article 206.3.2 (smuggling by prior conspiracy by a group of persons) of the Criminal Code. Orujev faces up to eight years of imprisonment.
As a reminder, Aziz Orujev had already been sentenced in 2017 to 6 years of imprisonment on charges of illegal entrepreneurship. In 2018, the Supreme Court reviewed the punishment and cancelled the conviction. -16B06-
Politics
-
Polad Aslanov, founder of the religious website xeberman.com, who went on hunger strike in the colony on 4 November, was forcibly transferred to the Penitentiary Service hospital in the evening of the same day. This was reported to Turan by his wife Gulmira Aslanov.
-
The Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Azerbaijan is pleased to announce the preopening of the Ukrainian Center in Baku, scheduled for 9 November 2024 at 12 pm. The Ukrainian Center, originally established to promote Ukrainian culture, language, heritage and education in Azerbaijan, has been renovated and expanded to better serve its mission.
-
The health condition of activist Nijat Ibrahim has sharply worsened while he remains in Baku's Detention Center No. 1, his wife Parvin Ibrahim told Turan news agency. According to her, Ibrahim called today to report severe back pain, and he can barely move. Recently, his blood pressure has also risen, and doctors have diagnosed him with hypertension.
-
On Sunday, November 5, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Kyrgyzstan to participate in the 11th Summit of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States. Upon his arrival at Manas 2 International Airport in Bishkek, Aliyev was greeted with a ceremonial honor guard and welcomed by Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister and Chief of Staff, Akylbek Japarov, along with other officials.
Leave a review