Низамеддин Гулиев
Baku/08.09.21/Turan: The former head of executive power of the Agstafa region, Nizameddin Guliyev, died in the Ganja pre-trial detention center from coronavirus. This is attested to by the penitentiary service.
Note that Guliyev was arrested together with other region officials in December 2019.
On August 7 this year, the Ganja Court for Serious Crimes sentenced him to 9 years of imprisonment, and his deputy Ramiz Tatarov – 8.5 years. They were found guilty of "embezzlement on a large scale", "receiving large-scale bribes" and "abuse of official powers"."
The court also decided to confiscate the property obtained by criminal means in favor of the state.
Note that Guliyev was appointed as a head of executive power of the Agstafa region in April 2019. Before that, he headed the Goranboy region for ten years— - 06D-
Politics
-
On January 24, the Baku Court of Appeals considered an appeal regarding the arrest of journalist Farid Ismailov. According to his lawyer Zibeyda Sadigova, the defense argued that there was no need to keep the journalist in custody, citing his health problems and the fact that the preliminary investigation had already been completed.
-
The human rights situation in Azerbaijan in 2024 was characterized by an increase in repression against journalists, activists, and religious groups, the annual report of the NGO "Line of Defense," presented on January 24 by member of the organization, human rights activist Zafar Ahmedov.
-
On January 24, the Sabail District Court continued the trial of Aziz Orujov, the head of the online publication Kanal-13. According to lawyer Fahraddin Mehdiyev, at the beginning of the hearing, the judge rejected a petition filed at the previous hearing to transfer Orujov to house arrest. The defense then petitioned for journalists to be allowed into the trial and for conditions to be created for them to conduct filming.
-
On January 24, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Minister of Defense, Commander of the Land Forces, Colonel General Hikmat Mirzayev, arrived on an official visit to Türkiye. According to the Ministry of Defense's statement, the Azerbaijani delegation was received by the Commander of the Turkish Land Forces, Army General Selçuk Bayraktaroglu.
Leave a review