Today Baku Court of Grave Crimes continued the Trial in the case of human rights activist, Bakhtiyar Mammadov, continued today in the Baku Serious Crimes Court. The lawyer Anar Gasimli asked the court to justify Mammadov. The final word of the accused is scheduled for February 19.
Mammedov is charged under the Articles of the Criminal Code: 182.3 (extortion using violence) and 178.1 (fraud). Previoulsy, the prosecutor asked to sentence Mammadov to 12 years in prison.
However, local and international human rights organizations believe that Mammadov has been persecuted for protection of property rights of citizens whose homes were demolished in the Flag Square in Baku, on the eve of “Eurovision.” -06B –
Politics
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On 26 July "Platform III of the Republic" made a statement which drew attention to the unlawful seizure of electronic devices of underage children of the arrested head of this structure Akif Gurbanov.
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From 19 to 26 July, 24 automatic rifles, 1 machine gun, 9 rifles, 28 grenades, 441 shells, 3118 cartridges of different calibre and other ammunition were found in Khankendi, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry reported. During the mentioned period, the police found 1 machine gun, 50 grenades, 7 fuses, 3 shells and 320 cartridges of different calibre in Shusha.
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President Ilham Aliyev has approved by decree the Azerbaijan-Kazakh intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in military intelligence defense sector. The document was signed in Baku on 7 June 2024.
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At the trial of the opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, the statement of Elnur Vaqifoglu, another accused, was heard at the Baku Serious Crimes Court.
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