Baku/14.03.14/Turan : Today, Baku Appellate Court dismissed the complaint from the arrested head of the Election Monitoring Center Anar Mamedli. The complaint was filed for the extension of his arrest for another three months .
In its decision the Court of Appeal upheld the trial court's decision and did not satisfy the claim from Mamedli.
* Anar Mamedli was arrested on December 16, 2013 on charges of illegal business , tax evasion , and abuse of office. The court sanctioned his arrest for three months. Amnesty International has recognized Mamedli "prisoner of conscience". Meanwhile, Front Line Defenders included him in the list of 12 human right defenders, in defense of which they launched a campaign dedicated to the Olympic Games in Sochi. The real reason for the arrest of Mamedli was his exposing the fraud of the authorities during the presidential elections in Azerbaijan in October last year . -16B04-
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Polad Aslanov, founder of the religious website xeberman.com, who went on hunger strike in the colony on 4 November, was forcibly transferred to the Penitentiary Service hospital in the evening of the same day. This was reported to Turan by his wife Gulmira Aslanov.
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The Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Azerbaijan is pleased to announce the preopening of the Ukrainian Center in Baku, scheduled for 9 November 2024 at 12 pm. The Ukrainian Center, originally established to promote Ukrainian culture, language, heritage and education in Azerbaijan, has been renovated and expanded to better serve its mission.
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The health condition of activist Nijat Ibrahim has sharply worsened while he remains in Baku's Detention Center No. 1, his wife Parvin Ibrahim told Turan news agency. According to her, Ibrahim called today to report severe back pain, and he can barely move. Recently, his blood pressure has also risen, and doctors have diagnosed him with hypertension.
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On Sunday, November 5, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Kyrgyzstan to participate in the 11th Summit of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States. Upon his arrival at Manas 2 International Airport in Bishkek, Aliyev was greeted with a ceremonial honor guard and welcomed by Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister and Chief of Staff, Akylbek Japarov, along with other officials.
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