The Baku Court for Serious Crimes held a preparatory hearing on 29 April in the case of former MP and businessman Nazim Beydemirli, accused of extortion by threats. During the hearing, Beydemirli's lawyer Agyl Layidj stated that his client's arrest was ‘politically motivated’. According to him, both Articles of the Criminal Code: 182.2.4 (extortion by threats with the purpose of taking property) and 182.2.2 (extortion by...

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