Today the Baku Court of Appeal considered a request by NIDA activist Rashadat Akhundov for a dismissal of his arrest.
The court denied the complaint, Turan was told by lawyer Rashid Hajily. According to him, the court's decision is unreasonable, as the investigation has not provided the facts and grounds to detain Akhundov in custody.
"In such a situation, the court was required to vacate Akhundov even before the merits of the case in court," said the lawyer.
Rashadat Akhundov is one of seven members of the NIDA movement who have been arrested and charged with possession of explosives and narcotics. They are charged with the possession of explosives and narcotics at the disorder during the protest on March 10 against soldiers' deaths.
Three young men were arrested before the action, and the rest were arrested in the following weeks. Amnesty International recognized them as prisoners of conscience and demanded their immediate release. -16B06-
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
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On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
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On August 30, at approximately 22:55, the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Metsamor was disconnected from the country's power grid, as reported by the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure. The shutdown was caused by a lightning strike, which triggered the plant's safety systems to switch the station to a safe shutdown mode. Currently, the plant's staff is working on restarting the facility.
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