The Court of Appeal has remanded Hafiz Babaly in custody
The Court of Appeal rejected all complaints of Hafiz Babali and other participants in the "Abzas Media case" (UPDATED)
Baku/20.12.23/Turan: Three more complaints of investigative journalist Hafiz Babali were heard on December 20 at the Baku Court of Appeal.
Turan was informed about this by lawyer Rasul Jafarov.
One of the complaints was related to the request for financial information about the journalist (tax payments, bank accounts, information about securities). Another complaint was related to the freezing of bank accounts and cards, including a pension card. (Babali is the third group of disabled people). The third complaint was related to the request for information about Babali's participation in non-commercial structures.
Today, the Baku Court of Appeals did not satisfy the complaints of other jailed "Abzas Media" journalists, their family members, and other persons involved in this case regarding disclosure of financial information, blocking of bank accounts and cards.
It should be noted that the investigation also blocked the pension cards of the mothers of the imprisoned director of "Abzas Media" Ulvi Hasanli and Sevinj Vagifgizy. -06B-
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The Court of Appeal has remanded Hafiz Babaly in custody
Baku/20.12.23/Turan: The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA), chaired by Hasan Ahmedov, today rejected an appeal against the arrest of investigative journalist Hafiz Babala. The editor of the economic department of the Turan agency, Hafiz Babaly, was detained on December 13 on charges of "smuggling foreign currency." He is involved in the case of journalists from “Abzas Media.” On December 14, the Khatai District Court decided to pre-sentence Babala for a period of 3 months.
The defense asked to reverse the decision on Babaly's pre-trial detention, since the investigation did not provide sufficient evidence to detain the journalist, lawyer Rasul Jafarov said. However, the court dismissed the appeal.
The defense will continue measures to change the measure of restraint and will file a petition to transfer Babaly to house arrest. –06B-
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