Nasimi district court, chaired by Elnur Akhmedov, dismissed the complaint of arrested member of NIDA Movement, Rashadat Akhundov. The complaint was on changing his restraint to house arrest.
According to Namik Hajiyev's lawyer, the judge upheld a previous decision by the court of the arrest during the investigation.
In court, Rashadat Akhundov, said that there was no reason to keep him in jail, and that the arrest itself is politically motivated.
Akhundov is one of seven members of the youth organization NIDA, arrested on false charges of organizing riots involving explosives and possession of drugs. They were arrested before and after young people protested in the center of Baku on March 10. They were protesting against soldier deaths.
Amnesty International recognizes them to be prisoners of conscience, and demand their immediate release.-16B-
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"A group of hydrologists and engineers from Azerbaijan and Armenia, with our active support, is working together on a comprehensive water management scheme for transboundary rivers," the U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Mark Libby, wrote on the U.S. Embassy's social media account on November 12.
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As the Biden administration draws to a close, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed on an emergency trip to Brussels to discuss how to support Ukraine with European allies.
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The Prosecutor's Office is investigating the deaths of two people during the recent floods in Baku, Baku Mayor Eldar Azizov said commenting on the consequences of the flooding of tunnels in the capital during the heavy rains on October 22 to journalists. According to him, the sewer system could not handle the large volume of floodwater, which led to the drowning of two people in a tunnel in the Sabunchu district of Baku. The floods revealed vulnerabilities in Baku's water infrastructure.
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The United States is ready to assist all countries, including Azerbaijan, in the transition to renewable energy sources, the U.S. National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi said at a briefing at COP29, in response to a question from Turan about how the U.S. could support Azerbaijan in moving from oil and gas to clean energy.
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