The questioning of the journalist's wife lasted for about five hours in the embassy building, At the same time she did not have a lawyer. All this time her young daughter was with her. Babakhanova refused to sign the protocol of interrogation, demanding to provide her with a lawyer.
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On Sunday afternoon a search was conducted by the Turkish security forces in an apartment of the detained journalist Rauf Mirkadirov in Ankara, where live the spouse and children of the journalist. His wife, Adela Babakhanova told that 11 people arrived to their flat; she was told that a search was conducted in accordance with the instruction of Azerbaijani authorities.
During a search, a number of documents, and electronic media , including his daughter’s tablet were seized. After a search came a representative of the Azerbaijani Embassy and asked the journalist’s wife about her husband's activities.
After a search of Adel Babakhanova was invited to the Embassy of Azerbaijan, where she gives testimony to investigators, who arrived in Baku.
A columnist of "Mirror" newspaper, Rauf Mirkadirov, accused of espionage in favor of Armenia, was deported from Turkey on April 19. On his arrival in Baku he was arrested at the airport.
His wife and two children remained in Turkey, where the journalist has been living for the last three years.-0-
Politics
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Head of the External Relations and Security Service of the EU Josep Borrel rejected the accusations against him and European countries made by the head of Azerbaijan at the COP29 conference the previous day.
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) today issued five rulings on applications from Azerbaijan. The case of "Afgan Mammadov v. Azerbaijan" concerned the complainant's exclusion from the Bar Association. Mammadov was expelled based on a complaint filed by a colleague, which he considered unjust. The ECHR ruled that Mammadov's rights had been violated and ordered Azerbaijan to pay him €5,000 in compensation for moral damage and €1,000 to cover legal costs.
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