Operational meeting was held under the leadership of President, Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev at Central Command Post of the Ministry of Defense

On Friday, the Narimanov District Court of Baku reviewed the lawsuit filed by Hafiz Babaly, editor of the economic news department at Turan agency, against the online publication Qafqazinfo.az. The hearing took place without Babaly's presence, despite the court having previously granted the defense's request for the plaintiff to attend,  his lawyer, Rasul Jafarov said. The court appointed a linguistic expert to determine whether there were defamatory and insulting statements in the materials published by Qafqazinfo.az, which were cited by the plaintiff. Proceedings in the case have been suspended until the expert's report is received.

60 pro-Armenian members of the US Congress have asked the American government to impose additional sanctions against Azerbaijan. ‘I read this vile statement this morning, which cannot affect our will. But it shows that the policy of hostility against us does not stop.’ Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said this at a meeting with residents of Jabrail on Friday.

Nearly 60 US lawmakers on Thursday asked Secretary of State Antony Blinken to press Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev to uphold human rights protections and release political prisoners ahead of the COP29 climate summit that will be held in its capital Baku next month.

The human rights organisation ‘Rights of Georgia’ expressed concern about the state of health of Afgan Sadygov, the head of the Azerbaijani website 'Azel Tv', who has been on hunger strike in the pre-trial detention center since 21 September.