On January 29 the deputy Chairman of "Musavat" party, Tofig Yagublu, was summoned to the Serious Crimes Investigation Department of the General Prosecutor Office. The investigator, Nadir Mirzayev, questioned Yagublu the purposes of his visit to Ismailli on January 24, reads the information form Musavat party.
The Advisor of "Musavat", Yegana Hajiyeva aklso was summoned on January 29 to the police station N 1 in Sumgait city under the pretext of a complaint from her neighbors. Hajiyeva was beaten by police during a protest action on January 26.
"Musavat" regarded these challenges as the will of the authorities to prevent the growing discontent of the population and intimidate activists.
Instead of listening to the demands of the people, to carry out socio-economic and political reforms, the authorities make pressure on opposition members, and organize repression of opposition activists, said the party’s information.—05D06--
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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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