Statements having the nature of interference in the course of the investigation, politicizing lawsuits and appeals to the courts to make other decisions are disrespectful to the sovereignty of Azerbaijan, said a spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, Elman Abdullayev , commenting on the statement by the U.S. State Department, calling for the release of Anar Mammadov, the head of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Center.
"This is absolutely unacceptable, unfounded, and is open blackmail ," reads the statement by Abdullayev.
He reiterated statements of the investigating authorities that the arrest of Mammadov has no political background, and is criminal by nature .
Spokesman of the U.S. State Department condemned the arrest, and called to immediate release of Mammadov.-16D-
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Director of the Institute of Political Management, political scientist Azer Gasymly has been summoned to the Main Police Department of Baku at 16:00 today. He wrote about it in facebook.
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Adalyat Verdiyev, the head of the civil defense staff at the public legal entity Center for Public Health and Reform under the Ministry of Health, and a military expert, has been arrested. On November 22, during a media tour to the liberated territories, Verdiyev filmed and published information and images on his social media accounts revealing Azerbaijani Armed Forces' combat positions in the heights, deployment sites, coordinates, and operational conditions of the border troops. This disclosure caused significant damage to the interests of state security and defense capability. This was stated in a report from the General Prosecutor’s Office.
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On Monday, the Baku Appeals Court considered the appeal of Talysh researcher Iqbal Abilov against the extension of his detention for another four months. The defense argued that the decision to extend Abilov's detention was unjustified, lawyer Fariz Namazly told reporters.
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"Black Monday in Georgia: Police and special forces guard the doors behind which the 'slaves of Georgian Dream' are destroying our Constitution and mocking our Parliament." This is how Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili commented on the convening of the new parliament on Monday, which is not recognized by the opposition.
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