On July 31, the Baku Court of Appeal heard the complaint against the arrest of Talysh researcher Igbal Abilov. He rejected the charges. "Igbal Abilov said that he was engaged exclusively in scientific activities, research. He said that he did not understand the charges at all," said lawyer Rovshana Rahimova. The defense also believes that the charges have no material legal basis and are based only on subjective assumptions of the investigation. The lawyer said that all legal steps will be taken to protect and restore Abilov's rights.
Add that Iqbal Abilov was detained on 22 July when he came to Azerbaijan to visit relatives. He is charged under Articles 274 (high treason), 281.3 (public calls directed against the state, committed on the instructions of foreign organizations or their representatives) and 283.1 (incitement of national, racial, social or religious hatred and enmity) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. In particular, it is alleged that all these offences were committed on the instructions of Armenia's special services.
Abilov denies the charges.
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Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock today as part of her official visit to Baku for COP29.
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Journalist Imran Aliyev, held in the 1st Kurdakhany Detention Center near Baku, ended his hunger strike yesterday, which he had begun on November 18. The head of the website Məclis.info, Aliyev was protesting to demand his release, asserting that there was no criminal offense in his actions.
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Germany is trying to prevent the escalation of the military conflict in Europe and is making efforts to do so. Speaking on November 22 at a press conference in Baku, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock responded to a question about whether Berlin would provide "Taurus" missiles to Kyiv after Russia's use of ballistic missiles against Ukraine. "Therefore, this question cannot be answered with a simple 'yes'," she said.
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On 22 November, a group of international activists held a rally at COP29 in Baku under the slogan ‘Human rights are quietly dying!’
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