On 17 august the Baku Court of Appeal considered a complaint on the decision to arrest the Executive Secretary of the REAL Movement Natig Jafarli. The court did not satisfy the complaint, said the lawyer Javad Javadov. The Court also rejected the defense motion to terminate the criminal proceedings and change the measure of restraint on house arrest. In turn, Jafarli denied the Attorney General report that he allegedly confessed. Jafarli said that he did not give testimony to the investigation. On 15 August the General Prosecutor's Office said that Jafarli, together with the now convicted leader of the REAL Ilgar Mammadov received a grant from the US National Democratic Institute, and used them without proper registration. Jafarli was arrested on 12 August on charges of illegal entrepreneurship and abuse of office. Jafarli and REAL Movement call the accusations politically motivated.-06D-
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The Azerbaijani parliament has approved the formation of new municipalities through the consolidation of existing ones, aiming to enhance administrative efficiency and local governance. The move, based on amendments to the law on "Joint Activities, Mergers, Separation, and Dissolution of Municipalities," was sanctioned under Article 95 of the Constitution.
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Director of the Institute of Political Management, political scientist Azer Gasymly has been summoned to the Main Police Department of Baku at 16:00 today. He wrote about it in facebook.
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has criticised Baku's position on climate change financing at COP29 as wrong.
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Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Department (CMD), Sheikhulislam Allahshukur Pashazadeh left on 25 November on a visit to Portugal to participate in the 10th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilisations, the CMD reports.
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