The European Court of Human Rights accepted a complaint of Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova as priority. The Azerbaijani government is obliged to answer the questions of the ECHR by January 15, 2016, told the lawyer Fariz Namazly. He noted that the complaint raises questions on violation of Ismayilova’s rights under Articles 5 (right to liberty and security); 6 (objective trial); 10 (freedom of expression) and 18 (inadmissibility of exceeding the limits prescribed by the Convention of restrictions on rights.)
The lawyer stressed that the complaint is related to the illegal arrest of Ismayilova in December 2014.
In the future, the verdict in the criminal case will also be appealed. Next week, defense will appeal the verdict on September 1, according to which she had been deprived of liberty for 7.5 years.
The Baku Serious Crimes Court found Ismayilova guilty under Articles 179 (misappropriation and embezzlement), 192 (illegal business), 213 (tax evasion), and 308 (abuse of power.)
At the same time, Ismayilova was justified under the Article 125 (inciting to suicide.)
Local and international human rights organizations believe that criminal charges are far-fetched and Ismayilova’s claims are related to her journalistic investigations of corruption in the higher echelons in power. -06D-
Politics
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will hold talks in Moscow on January 17 and make statements for the press, according to the Kremlin's press service.
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On January 13, the trial in the case of public activist Nijat Ibrahim continued in the Baku Serious Crimes Court under the chairmanship of Judge Aygun Gurbanova. The trial was suspended after Ibrahim, in protest against the illegal arrest, began banging his head against the "aquarium cage", trying to commit suicide. At the beginning of the trial, he stated that he had been illegally detained for 4 months, and because of this, his family in Moldova was in a difficult situation, Turan announced this on its Twitter.
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The International Committee of Concerned Scholars (ICS) has appealed to the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, requesting his assistance in securing the release of the arrested researcher, Igbal Abilov. The ICS expressed concern that Abilov's arrest "may be related to his research on ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan, conducted in collaboration with scholars from Armenia."
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Georgia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maka Botchorishvili, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Georgia, Faig Guliyev.
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