Baku / 20.09.17 / Turan: Baku's executive power responded positivelyto notification of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of its intentionto hold a rally on September 23 at the stadium "Mahsul".The action is scheduled for September 23 from 15.00 to 17.00 at the stadium "Mahsul". The leader of the Popular Front party Ali Kerimli stated earlier, that the actionis held in connection with the scandal "Landromat", about identifyinginternational investigative journalism network OCCRP withdrawal from Azerbaijan in 2012-2014 for the purpose of money laundering and paymentlobbying activities of 2.9 billion dollars.The NCDF requires the Prosecutor General's Office to start a criminal case in connectionwith funds withdrawn from the country, obtained through corruption.At the rally the NCDF will put forward demands for the return of those money illegally withdrawn from thecountry, and punishing those responsible. It should be noted that representatives of official Baku rejected statements, put forward in the OCCRP investigation and called it another provocation of forces hostile to Azerbaijan.-03D06--
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Today, the trial of the disabled 1st group, paralyzed activist Famil Khalilov ended in the Baku Court of Serious Crimes.
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On February 6, pro-government media reported 6 that Azerbaijan is demanding the closure of the “Rossotrudnichestvo” representation in the country, as this organization is not registered in Azerbaijan. Requests from Turan agency to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to confirm this information went unanswered.
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The international organization "Women Press Freedom" condemned the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi in Azerbaijan. A statement of the organization noted that this is the latest in a series of troubling state attacks on independent media in Azerbaijan. On the same day, another journalist, Shamshad Aga, was detained.
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Shamshad Aga, editor of the "Argument.az" website, has been found guilty in the Meydan TV case of smuggling (Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two months and one day in detention. The decision was made on February 6 by the Khatai District Court of Baku, as reported by Turan, citing his lawyer, Shahla Humbatova.
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