Abutalibov will be brought to justice to the Court of Appeal

Baku Administrative Economic Court N 1  has partially satisfied the claim of the   Turan News Agency against the  Baku Mayor Office at the request of information  on the newsstands installed in Baku. The court ordered the agency to provide the information  on the owner of the newsstands and their number, and pay 10 manat of  court costs.

The judge Vusala Bahysheva  did not grant the  petition of the agency asking to fine the defendant from 50 to 100 manat (Article 57.1 of the Administrative Procedure Code) for not participating in the court  trial, and the failure to provide the requested information. She also did not  grant a petition to  urge the Mayor Office  give a complete answer to the request of the agency.

The Court could not obtain from the defendant an official  decision  on the replacement of the kiosks  belonging to company GASID; on the non-profile use of stalls; on the damage caused to the editorial offices  by the Executive Power and sabotaging by the city authorities  the Presidential order on state  support  for media.

The judge Bahysheva considered that the court  completed proceedings, and closed the case.

The Agency intends to appeal the judgment in the Court of Appeal. 

It was a third trial  after the inquiry on the Mayor of Baku, Abutalibov of 28 August last year. The suit was filed in accordance with Article 24.1 of the law "On freedom of access to information."

During  five months the agency  failed to get the required information and conduct an investigation, which is able to shed light on the situation  with the stalls.

As is known, the monitoring conducted by journalists showed that kiosks are practically an extensive network of illegal trade in food and  is aimed at containing the growth in sales of the print media, especially the independent press.

Director of Turan news agency, Mehman Aliyev, believes that the court  deliberately delayed the proceedings and supported the interest of the Mayor Office trying to justify the refusal  by the fact that issues are of public significance.—0—