Today the Milli Majlis approved the fourth five-year term Zakir Garalov, the Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan. Speaking to MPs, Garalov thanked the President for high confidence in him.
Zakir Garalov (1956) first time became the Prosecutor General in 2000, and in 2005 his powers were extended. Then the legislation prohibited the appointment of Garalov as a Prosecutor General for a third term. However, in 2009 the law on "Prosecutor" has been modified, and the restriction prohibiting the appointment of one person more than twice the Attorney General was canceled. Now Garalov may remain in this position until the end of life. -02D-
Politics
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Today, the trial of the disabled 1st group, paralyzed activist Famil Khalilov ended in the Baku Court of Serious Crimes.
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On February 6, pro-government media reported 6 that Azerbaijan is demanding the closure of the “Rossotrudnichestvo” representation in the country, as this organization is not registered in Azerbaijan. Requests from Turan agency to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to confirm this information went unanswered.
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The international organization "Women Press Freedom" condemned the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi in Azerbaijan. A statement of the organization noted that this is the latest in a series of troubling state attacks on independent media in Azerbaijan. On the same day, another journalist, Shamshad Aga, was detained.
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Shamshad Aga, editor of the "Argument.az" website, has been found guilty in the Meydan TV case of smuggling (Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two months and one day in detention. The decision was made on February 6 by the Khatai District Court of Baku, as reported by Turan, citing his lawyer, Shahla Humbatova.
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