On the eve of the Police Day celebrated on July 2 Ilham Aliyev awarded three police colonels a higher rank of Major-General of Police. Among them, there is the Deputy Chief of Baku City Police Sahlab Baghirov. It is this officer that has led police operations to disperse protesters with particular zeal, personally giving orders on arrests of oppositionists directly on the spot.
Among the new Generals there also are Deputy Interior Minister of NAR Sabuhi Novruzov and the head of the National Central Bureau of Interpol Mehman Tahmazov.
Aliyev also awarded a large group of police with medals. -06D -
Politics
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On 26 July "Platform III of the Republic" made a statement which drew attention to the unlawful seizure of electronic devices of underage children of the arrested head of this structure Akif Gurbanov.
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From 19 to 26 July, 24 automatic rifles, 1 machine gun, 9 rifles, 28 grenades, 441 shells, 3118 cartridges of different calibre and other ammunition were found in Khankendi, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry reported. During the mentioned period, the police found 1 machine gun, 50 grenades, 7 fuses, 3 shells and 320 cartridges of different calibre in Shusha.
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President Ilham Aliyev has approved by decree the Azerbaijan-Kazakh intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in military intelligence defense sector. The document was signed in Baku on 7 June 2024.
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At the trial of the opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, the statement of Elnur Vaqifoglu, another accused, was heard at the Baku Serious Crimes Court.
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