Baku Appeals Court upheld the decision to change the measure of restraint - arrest for a period of three months the deputy chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) Fuad Gahramanli. Gahramanli was arrested on December 8th. He was charged under Articles 281.1 (calls for violent seizure of power and the overthrow of the constitutional order) and 283.2.1 (inciting religious hatred) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. The investigation alleges that Gahramanli made these appeals on social networks on the Internet. Gahramanli denies the charges, and says that in social networks he only expressed criticism. The lawyer Fakhraddin Mehdiyev noted that the accusation of Gahramanli has no legal basis because the publications of opposition contained a criticism of individual officials and political analysis. The lawyer regarded as unreasonable an extreme preventive measure, and intends to appeal against the arrest Gahramanli in the European Court of Human Rights. He believes that with respect to Gahramanli has been violated the Article 5 (right to liberty and security) of the European Convention for Human Rights and Freedoms. In addition, the defense put forward a new motion to change the measure of restraint on house arrest. -03C-
Politics
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The agreement reached at the COP29 climate summit has been hailed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres as a critical step in global efforts to combat climate change. Speaking after the conclusion of high-stakes negotiations, Guterres emphasized that the agreement is pivotal for maintaining the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, a threshold considered crucial to preventing the worst impacts of climate change.
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On 23 November at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, eco-activists from different countries held a protest action against the failure of countries to agree on climate finance.
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On the eve of the closing of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has drawn attention to the criminal cases of journalists detained in Azerbaijan.
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Negotiations at the 29th session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku have been extended until November 24, a source in the UNFCCC Secretariat told the Turan news agency. According to the source, participants aim to finalize and sign the concluding documents by that date.
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