Journalist Samira Aliyeva questioned "in the case of Toplum TV"
Independent journalist Samira Aliyeva was summoned to the Baku City Police Headquarters on July 10. She was interrogated for 4 hours "in the case of Toplum TV" as a witness, the journalist herself said. "Due to obligations not to disclose the secrets of the investigation, I cannot disclose the details. There was no mental or physical pressure on me," Aliyeva said.
It should be noted that since the end of last year, dozens of journalists and activists in Azerbaijan have been interrogated in the cases of “Toplum TV” and “Abzas Media,” some of them have been banned from leaving the country.
Fourteen people were arrested in these cases, and a preventive measure was taken against two more persons in the form of transfer to police supervision.
Politics
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At the early elections to the Milli Majlis, 431 people applied to become candidates for deputies in 119 electoral districts, the chairman of the CEC Mazahir Panahov stated today.
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The founder of “Toplum TV,” Alesker Mammadli, who is being held in the Baku pre-trial detention center-1, has been suffering from severe headaches for the third day, and the digestive process has been disrupted, A.Mammadli's wife Gunai Mammadli stated after a telephone conversation with him on July 15. The family is very worried about A.Mammadli.
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Doctoral student of Istanbul University, economist Fazil Gasimov has been on hunger strike in Baku pre-trial detention center-1 for the 31st day, a lawyer Rovshana Rahimova stated on July 15, after a meeting with the Baku pre-trial detention center-1.
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By order of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Sayyad Salahly (Aran) and Siyavush Heydarov resigned from the positions of deputy chairmen of the State Committee for Work with Religious Structures (SCWRS.) The orders for their dismissal were signed on July 13, the ministry said.
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