Стефан Шеннак
Baku / 13.03.18 / Turan: Co-Rapporteur of the PACE Monitoring Committee Stefan Schennack called on the Azerbaijani authorities to ensure freedom of expression on the eve of the presidential elections on April 11. He wrote about this in his Twitter micro blog.
To date, 7 presidential candidates have been registered, including the incumbent head of state Ilham Aliyev.
Three more candidates, Sardar Jalaloglu (leader of the Democratic Party), Ali Aliyev (head of the Citizens and Development Party) and Tural Abbasli (head of the White Party) are under consideration by the CEC.
Leading opposition forces announced a boycott of the elections. -16D-
Politics
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On November 28, the Tbilisi City Court ruled to extradite Afgan Sadigov, the head of the website Azel.TV, to Azerbaijan. This was reported by his wife Sevinj Sadigova. The defense will appeal the court's decision.
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The leader of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), Ali Kerimli, has stated that his internet blockade has become more severe. “For almost five years, I have been under an internet blockade. But recently, it has taken on an openly blatant and shameless form,” Kerimli said during a press conference today.
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On November 27, an online hearing took place at the Khatai District Court regarding a petition from the defense for the release of Alaskar Mammadli, the founder of Toplum TV, under house arrest. Mammadli has been in custody at Baku’s Detention Center No. 1. The court denied the petition, Mammadli's brother, Nasimi Mammadli.
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On November 28, another hearing took place in the case of public activist Ilhamiz Guliyev. During the proceedings, the court reviewed a response from the 28th Police Station of the Yasamal District in Baku. At the previous hearing, the defense had requested that the court obtain footage from the surveillance cameras at this police station, where Guliyev was taken on December 4 of last year. However, the police response stated that the video footage had not been preserved.
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