Shahnaz Beylergizi
An appeal has been filed against the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi, her lawyer Bakhtiyar Hajiyev told the Turan agency on Friday.
He met with his client at Baku pre-trial detention center today. According to the lawyer, due to serious health problems Beylergizi has been placed under medical observation. The journalist underwent a medical examination, and blood samples were taken to measure her blood sugar levels. Medications from home were also delivered to her.
The journalist was arrested on February 5. She is facing charges related to the Toplum TV case, which has been separated into its own legal process. On February 6, a court sentenced her to 3.5 months of detention.
Politics
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By a decree of the head of state dated February 7, Anar Aliyev was appointed as the Minister of Labor and Social Protection. Prior to this, he held the position of Deputy Minister.
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Afghan Sadygov, the head of the Azerbaijani website Azel.TV, who was arrested in Georgia at the request of Baku, ended his dry hunger strike on February 6, which he had started on February 2. However, he is still refusing food and is only drinking water. His hunger strike has now lasted 142 days, said his wife, Sevinc Sadygova, in an interview with the Turan agency on February 7. The Georgian Center for Social Justice (CSJ), which defends Afghan Sadygov's rights, issued a statement expressing concern about his condition.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin does not intend to make a statement regarding the crash of the Azerbaijani airline AZAL plane, the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, told journalists on Friday.
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