On July 3 the Sumgayit City Court will pass a sentence against the PPFA youth activist, Dashgin Melikov. He is charged under Article 234.1 of the Criminal Code (illegal purchase or possession of drugs.) Earlier, the prosecutor called to sentence Melikov to three years in prison, maximum penalty under this article. Melikov suffers from bronchial asthma, and is a disabled group.
The defendant denies all the charges, calling them politically motivated. His supporters also argue that the true cause of his arrest is political activity. This opposition member was been an active participant in the political actions of young people this spring, and also criticized the government in social networks.
He was arrested on March 25. Human rights activists believe that in case if he is convicted, Melikov will join the ranks of political prisoners in Azerbaijan, the total number of which in different lists is fro 80 to 100 people. -06B-
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PACE co-rapporteur on monitoring Azerbaijan Lise Kristoffersen (Norway) and the general rapporteur on political prisoners Thorhildur Sunna Evarsdottir (Iceland) have expressed their deep concern over the sentencing of prominent Azerbaijani activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev.
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The Biden administration Wednesday announced new 'biting' Russia sanctions, as well as further actions to tighten some of its previous sanctions against Moscow by giving Congress the ability to block any attempts to weaken measures against core parts of the Kremlin's war machine, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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Chief of General Staff of the Azerbaijani Army Kerim Veliyev attended the meeting of the NATO Military Committee in Brussels in the format of Chiefs of General Staff of the Alliance member states.
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Extradition of the head of Azel TV website Afgan Sadygov from Georgia to Azerbaijan has been suspended for a week by the European Court of Human Rights. Tamta Mikeladze, the head of the Georgian Centre for Social Justice, which provides legal protection for Sadygov, wrote about it in facebook.
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