Baku / 03.01.20 / Turan: On New Year's Eve, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree appointing judges of the newly created administrative and commercial courts.
Thus, judges of the administrative court of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Baku, Ganja, Sumgait, Shirvan, Sheki administrative courts were appointed.
Commercial courts have been established by a similar regional principle.
The head of state also signed a decree on the release of judges from a number of courts of general jurisdiction, to whose places new cadres were appointed.
Most exempted judges of the general courts are appointed to the administrative and commercial courts.
Among them are the chairman of the Yasamal district court Araz Huseynov, the head of the Mingachevir city court Husameddin Osmanov, and the head of the Guba district court Khagani Tagiyev. –21D-
Politics
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On the 35th birthday of Igbal Abilov, a researcher imprisoned in Azerbaijan, his colleagues and supporters organized celebratory actions in various European cities, including Vilnius, Belgrade, Warsaw, and Porto, to raise awareness about his case. The participants of these actions called for the release of Abilov, who has been recognized by human rights defenders as a political prisoner.
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As a result of the preliminary investigation, the charge against Aziz Orujov, director of the internet TV channel Kanal 13, under Article 206.3.2 of the Azerbaijani Criminal Code (smuggling committed by a group of individuals in conspiracy) has been dropped. The case has been sent to court only under Article 188.2 of the Criminal Code (unauthorized construction on land without ownership rights). This was reported to Turan by Orujov's wife, journalist Lamia Orujeva.
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Today, the Baku Serious Crimes Court delivered a verdict in the case of public activist Ilhamiz Guliyev. The court reclassified the charges from Article 234.4.3 (illegal drug trafficking with intent to sell in large quantities) to a lighter charge under Article 234.1-1 (illegal acquisition, possession, manufacturing, processing, or transportation of narcotic substances or psychotropic substances in large quantities without the intent to distribute) of the Azerbaijani Criminal Code and sentenced the activist to three years in prison.
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On December 12, the Union for "Freedom for Political Prisoners in Azerbaijan" published an updated list of political prisoners, which now includes the names of 331 individuals.
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