Yesterday Baku’s Nasimi district court decline petition of Zaur Gurbanly, activist of the NIDA youth movement, to change his penalty into home arrest.
Lawyer Halid Bagirov told Turan that there are no reasons to keep Gurbanly under arrest. There is no investigation and his accusation of illegal storage of explosives has nor proofs.
Gurbanly has asthma and thalassemia and his keeping under arrest deteriorates his health condition.
Despite the requests of the lawyer and relatives, the doctors are not allowed to visit the young man.
Gurbanly is among seven NIDA activists arrested in March-April 2013.
Amnesty International recognized all young people “prisoners of conscience.”—0—
Politics
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On January 10, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, accepted the credentials of the newly appointed Ambassador of Lithuania to Azerbaijan, Kestutis Vaškevičius.
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By a decree of the head of state dated January 10, Azerbaijan has established an information system called "Digital Ecology." The new system integrates the activities of the Ministry of Ecology through the use of digital technologies with other individuals and legal entities.
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