The Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch condemned the court decision on the imprisonment to 10 years, youth activist Bayram Mamedov for graffiti on the monument to Heydar Aliyev. "The Azerbaijani authorities continue to show extreme intolerance towards freedom of expression, and does not hide the intention to silence anyone wishing to criticize or speak the truth," reads the representative of AI Denis Krivosheev.
In turn, the representative of HRW Giorgi Gogia said that political satire in Azerbaijan banned and severely penalized. The court's decision in the case of 21 year-old Bayram Mammadov indicates the absence of the country's fundamental rights and freedoms.
Earlier, a court in Baku rules the imprisonment to 10 years another activist - Giyas Ibrahimov. These young people together painted the political slogans on the monument to Heydar Aliyev in the center of the capital, for which he had been accused of trafficking heroin, and were convicted.-02D-
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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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