Ilham Aliyev's visit to Kazakhstan

The trial  in the case of public activist Ilhamiz Guliyev, who was arrested on drug charges, continued on Thursday in the Baku Serious Crimes Court, chaired by Azer Tagiyev. Nijat Abdullayev, a police officer from the Yasamal district, acted as a witness at the trial. According to Turan, lawyer Zibeyda Sadigova, Guliyev said that it was this employee who put the drugs in his pocket. Guliyev reiterated the falsification of the charges. Sadigova drew attention to the fact that after his detention, Guliyev was not allowed to inform his family about this and invite his lawyer.

A preparatory hearing in the case of economist Fazil Gasimov has been scheduled for August 15 at the Baku Serious Crimes Court, lawyer Rovshana Rahimova told Turan. Meanwhile, Gasimov continues his hunger strike for the 56th day in a medical facility of the Penitentiary Service, his brother Nazim Musayev said. At the same time, he noted that the economist had not called his family for the last three days.

The total amount of airtime provided for election campaigning cannot be less than 3 hours, the head of the Audiovisual Council, Ismet Sattarov stated  at  todays’ meeting dedicated to the issues of opportunities for election campaigning in early parliamentary elections and the basics of media coverage of the campaign. According to him, free airtime in parliamentary elections should be distributed on an equal basis.

The family of Afgan Sadygov arrested in Tbilisi is concerned about his fate, as he has never called his relatives since his arrest. This was stated by his wife Sevinj Sadygova to Turan.