“On the day of my arrest, I said that my arrest was political. I also knew that the release will be politicized,” said Arif Hajili, the head of the apparatus of the party "Musavat", one of nine political prisoners released yesterday.
He expressed regret that the authorities have not released some political prisoners. "It is bad that Shahin Hasanli, Vidadi Iskandarov, and Avaz Zeynalli are still in jail."
Another former political prisoner Sahib Karimov said that he was arrested for defending his fundamental rights. "Though I am free, our society continues to be not free, and I will continue to fight for democratic freedom, » he said.
The head of the youth branch of the party "Musavat" Tural Abbasli said that six youth activists were together with him in jail N 14.
"We were together in prison, and now we will continue our activities. First of all, we will try to obtain the release of Shahin Hasanli and Vidadi Iskandarov. I hope that the authorities will release them, too."
Abbasli noted that the struggle for democracy and freedom did not stop in the prison, and he and his colleagues will pursue full recovery. -03B-
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On 4 February, the Baku Court of Appeal released former Russian judge Yelena Khakhaleva, who was arrested in Azerbaijan at the request of the Russian Prosecutor's Office.
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Afgan Sadygov, the head of the Azerbaijani website Azel.TV, who has been on a dry hunger strike since February 2 in the Tbilisi detention center, lost consciousness on Tuesday evening, his wife Sevinc Sadygova told Turan.
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On February 5, a preparatory hearing was held in the Baku Court for Serious Crimes, chaired by Vugar Ibrahimov, in the case of former diplomat Emin Ibrahimov. The main hearings are scheduled for February 12.
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The report on the investigation into the AZAL plane crash, published by the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan, is "preliminary and does not contain conclusions about the causes of the incident," a message from “Rosaviatsiya” – the Federal Air Transport Agency of Russia. “Rosaviatsiya” noted that the work of the commission will continue, and conclusions about the incident will be presented in the final report.
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