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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On November 15, a grand ceremony was held in London, the capital of the United Kingdom, where Jale Bayramova, the daughter of Professor Gubad Ibadoglu, was honored with the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Award. She received the “Outstanding Young Human Rights Defender” award for her advocacy on behalf of her father. Jale Bayramova is the first Azerbaijani to receive the Global Magnitsky Award.
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On November 15, animal rights activist Kamran Mammadli was detained while staging a protest at the COP29 climate conference. Mammadli was protesting the shooting of street dogs in Azerbaijan. He raised a sign above his head that read: "Azerbaijani authorities are shooting dogs on the streets!" He also shouted: "Resign those who teach youth to be sycophants under the guise of volunteerism!"
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Arrested Abzas Media journalists were pressured in Baku pretrial detention center No. 1.
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On November 15, the Tbilisi City Court heard the merits of the complaint filed by the head of the Azerbaijani website Azel.TV, Afgan Sadygov, against the denial of political asylum in Georgia.
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