Baku/19.08.22/Turan: The fight against forest fires continues in the northern and northwestern regions of the country, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reports. Extinguishing the fire is difficult because of the absence oidf due to the lack of precipitation, difficult mountainous terrain and wind. For this, aircraft and helicopters, more than 1,000 employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Civil Defense, the Ministry of Ecology, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other government departments, as well as 120 units of various equipment, were involved. The main sources of fire remain in the Shabran, Guba and Gabala regions. In Shabran, gas supply was cut off in nine villages located in the fire spread zone. -02D-
Politics
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Today, the trial of the disabled 1st group, paralyzed activist Famil Khalilov ended in the Baku Court of Serious Crimes.
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On February 6, pro-government media reported 6 that Azerbaijan is demanding the closure of the “Rossotrudnichestvo” representation in the country, as this organization is not registered in Azerbaijan. Requests from Turan agency to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to confirm this information went unanswered.
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The international organization "Women Press Freedom" condemned the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi in Azerbaijan. A statement of the organization noted that this is the latest in a series of troubling state attacks on independent media in Azerbaijan. On the same day, another journalist, Shamshad Aga, was detained.
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Shamshad Aga, editor of the "Argument.az" website, has been found guilty in the Meydan TV case of smuggling (Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two months and one day in detention. The decision was made on February 6 by the Khatai District Court of Baku, as reported by Turan, citing his lawyer, Shahla Humbatova.
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