Meydan TV journalist Aitaj Tapdyg (Akhmedova) was detained as a suspect for 48 hours, her lawyer Javad Javadov told journalists.
According to his words, she is suspected of having committed actions under Art. 206.3.2 (contraband, committed by a group of persons under preliminary agreement) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.
The journalist pleads not guilty and associates the criminal case with her professional activity.
The journalist's apartment was searched, the journalist's mobile phone, computer and video camera were seized.
Meydan TV journalists - Natig Javadly, Aysel Umudova and Aynur Elgunesh were also detained as suspects in the specified article.
Journalists face 5 to 8 years of imprisonment.
Politics
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The U.S. President Donald Trump Tuesday night welcomed an American teacher who was freed by Russia, to the White House, telling the reporters that “somebody else is being released tomorrow that you will know of,” TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The United States, the UK and Australia jointly imposed sanctions on the Russian cyber company Zservers for its role in ransomware attacks, the Trump administration announced Tuesday, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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Misinformation in social networks around the Russian House in Baku is aimed at undermining Russian-Azerbaijani ties. This was reported by the Russian Foreign Ministry on the evening of February 11.
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The General Prosecutor's Office conducted an investigation into the illegal mining and unlawful land seizure in the Garadagh, Binagadi, and Khazar districts of Baku, as well as in the Terter region. Facts of illegal extraction of building stone, sand, and gravel were established, carried out by unknown individuals who unlawfully seized land plots.
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