The final word which the prosecutor in the trial of the head of the Election Monitoring Center and Democracy Studies Center (EMDSC) Anar Mammadov and two other activists – Bashir Suleymanli and Elnur Mammadov was interrupted. The reason became rapid deterioration of the prosecutor Anar Tariverdiyev. The trial scheduled for 14:00 began an hour later. The hall met Mammadov with applause, when he was brought with the escort. Then began the sentencing. First, however, it the judge Shaker Mamedov felt bad, and the presiding judge Rauf Aliyev announced a five-minute break. Then the reading of the accusations continued, but was interrupted when the prosecutor said that his blood pressure lowered, and he asked for the adjournment. After the break, the judge Rauf Aliyev announced that prosecutor has serious health problems, and the verdict was postponed to May 21.
The head of the EMDS Anar Mammadov, Executive Director of the NGO, Bashir Suleymanli, and the head of the Public Association for International Cooperation of Volunteers, Elnur Mammadov, are charged under the Criminal Code 5 - tax evasion , illegal business , abuse of office , embezzlement on a large scale, and official forgery. A criminal case was opened at the end of October 2013. Mammedli December 17 was taken into custody, and two others are under house arrest.
Amnesty International recognized Mammedli a "prisoner of conscience." -16D-
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On December 28, rain is expected in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula. The northeast windwill change to the northwest. The air temperature will be +5+8°C at night and +8+10°C during the day. Humidity will be 80-90%. In other parts of the country, precipitation is expected in some areas, with snow in the mountains. A moderate westerly wind will blow.
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On December 25, an Embraer 190 passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC (AZAL), on a Baku–Grozny flight, crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. Azerbaijan’s Consul General in Aktau, Ayxan Suleymanlı, stated that the plane had 67 people onboard, including crew members, 38 of whom died. According to him, 26 of the deceased were Azerbaijani citizens.
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On December 27th, rain is expected in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, and heavy rainfall in some areas. The wind will be southeast. The air temperature at night will be +7 to +9°C, and during the day, it will be +9 to +11°C. Humidity will be 70-80%. Precipitation is expected across the country in the evening, particularly in the eastern regions. Snow is expected in the mountains.
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Embraer 190 plane of Azerbaijani airline AZAL crashed near the city of Aktau early in the morning on December 25.
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