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Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Azerbaijani authorities to release Afgan Sadigov
Baku/05.11.20/Turan: "The Azerbaijani authorities should release the journalist Afgan Sadigov and drop all charges against him,” reads the statement by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists in connection with the conviction of the head of the Azel TV Internet publication Afgan Sadigov to 7 years in prison.
On November 3, Sadigov was sentenced to 7 years in prison on charges of extortion. He denied the charges and claimed he was being prosecuted for his professional activities. In protest, Sadigov went on a hunger strike on November 4. The defense will appeal. –16D-
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A court in the Mangystau region of Kazakhstan has sentenced blogger Azamat Sarsenov to a 10-day detention for filming the crash site of an Embraer 190 passenger plane in Aktau. The ruling was confirmed by the court's press service, according to reports from RBC.
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The families of those killed in the crash of the AZAL passenger plane “Embrayer-190” will be paid compensation in the amount of 40 thousand manats (about 24 thousand dollars).
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On 26 December, Ramzan Kadyrov awarded his nephew Khamzat Kadurov, who holds the post of secretary of the Chechen Security Council, with the medal "For Services to the Chechen Republic".
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The Russian side must apologize for the air defense attack on the Azerbaijani civilian aircraft, said Azerbaijani MP Rasim Musabeyov.
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