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-
Politics
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Turkey and several European countries have regained access to gas from Shah Deniz Alpha, as the operator of the Caspian Shah Deniz field has resumed operations on this production platform after resolving issues that caused a force majeure situation from January 6–18.
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The speaker of the Platform III of the Republic (ResPlatforma), Akif Gurbanov, who was arrested in the Toplum TV case, has addressed the country's President Ilham Aliyev.
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Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Party of People's Front of Azerbaijan (PPFA), has started a hunger strike in penitentiary institution No. 7, where he is serving a prison sentence. This is stated in the PPFA report.
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Head of the European Union Delegation to Azerbaijan Peter Michalko and EU Ambassadors visited Shehid Alley in Baku on 19 January to pay tribute to the victims of ‘Black January’ on the 35th anniversary of the tragic events.
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