On 6 November, the Supreme Court completed consideration of the appeal of the head of the website demokratik.az Osman Narimanoglu (Rzayev) against the sentence of imprisonment for 6.5 years on charges of extortion.
His wife Arzu Rzayeva told 'Turan' that the Supreme Court did not satisfy the appeal and left the verdict unchanged.
*Osman Narimanoglu was arrested on 5 July 2022 on extortion charges. After his arrest, he claimed that the charges against him were false and that he had been slandered by officials of the Land Reclamation Department, as well as doctors of Geranboy and Geygel regions, about whose corruption the website had published materials.
On 25 January 2024, the court sentenced him to 6.5 years of imprisonment, and 17 May the Court of Appeal upheld the verdict. Human rights activists recognised Osman Narimanoglu as a political prisoner.
Politics
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has congratulated Donald Trump on his election as US President, although the official election results have not yet been announced. At the same time, Aliyev did not congratulate Moldovan President Maia Sandu, who won the presidential election on November 3.
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Polad Aslanov, the head of the 'xeberman.com' website, has been put in a punishment cell after being transferred to Penitentiary Institution N15, his wife Gulmira Aslanova said.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday emphasized the need for deeper cooperation and increased financial support within the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), speaking at the 11th summit of heads of state in Bishkek. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Nakhchivan Agreement, which established the organization, and Aliyev noted its significant development over the past decade and a half.
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European Union leaders attending COP29, the 29th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, should raise directly with the Azerbaijani authorities the cases of those imprisoned on politically motivated grounds and aim to secure their release, 17 international human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch said in a joint statement today.
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