Strasbourg Court to Announce Decision on Case of Nakhchivan Journalist
On June 18 the European Court of Human Rights will announce a decision on the complaint from Hakimeldostu Mehdiyev.
According to the former head of the Media Rights Institute Rashid Hajili, the journalist was illegally arrested in the Sharur region of Nakhchivan and tortured in 2008.
A day later he was released, but after he told the press about the pressure on him, he was again arrested on charges of resisting the police. During his arrest, he was again subjected to torture and humiliation. All his complaints to the courts of Nakhchivan and Baku were ignored. -03D-
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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