Central Election Commission (CEC) today approved two other presidential candidates, Ismail Yusifov, and Elshan Hasanov, both independent. Before 2011 Yusifov was a member of the party "Classic" Popular Front, and Hasanov appears as the head of the "Socialist Party", which has no state registration.
Earlier, the CEC approved 12 candidates, including the current president, the head of the party "Yeni Azerbaijan" Ilham Aliyev; the head of the party "Azadlig" Ahmed Oruj; self-promoter Ilgar Altay; Chairman of "Umid" party, Iqbal Aghazadeh; the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party, Fuad Aliyev; the head of the ACDP, Ali Aliyev; leader of the United Popular Front of Azerbaijan, Gudrat Hasanguliyev; head of the Social Democratic Party, Araz Alizadeh; Chairman of "Modern Musavat" Hafiz Hajiyev; self-promoter, MP Zahid Oruj; chairman of the National Revival Party, MP Faraj Guliyev; and Director of the Center for the "East-West", Arastun Orujlu.
Documents of the leaders of the Justice Party, MP Ilyas Ismailov and arrested the leader of REAL, Ilgar Mamedov, have also been submitted to the CEC. However, a lawyer was not admitted to Ilgar Mamedov, and his signature on the documents was not certified. The date of the submission of signature lists will expire at 18:00 on September 9. -06D-
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On October 10, at the trial of economist Fazil Gasimov, who has been on a hunger strike for 121 days, the defendant stated that he was subjected to moral and physical abuse in the Medical Institution of the Penitentiary Service.
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On October 10, the Baku Appeals Court rejected appeals to extend the detention of individuals involved in the “Toplum TV” case, including journalists Mushfig Jabbar and Ali Zeynalov, as well as activists Akif Gurbanov, Ruslan Izzetli, Ramil Babayev, and Ilkin Amrahov. The appeal from “Toplum TV's” founder, Alesker Mamedli, was not reviewed.
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On October 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing Georgian citizens to enter Russia for work or for a period of up to 90 days without a visa. The decree takes effect immediately. It’s important to note that there are no diplomatic relations between Georgia and Russia, as they were severed by Georgia in August 2008 following Russia's aggression and occupation of parts of Georgian territory -Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
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On October 10, the Baku Serious Crimes Court continued the proceedings in the case of public activist Rail Abbasov, who is accused of "fraud"
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