The hearing of the cassation appeal of the journalist Seymour Hazy has been appointed by the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan on April 13. At the trial, which will be held under the chairmanship of Ilham Jafarov, Hazy's participation is expected.
The lawyer Adil Ismayilov in the appeal asks to cancel the decisions of the lower courts and to stop prosecuting the journalist on justificatory grounds.
The journalist denies the charge and says it is politically motivated. Local and international human rights organizations have recognized him as a political prisoner.
* On August 29, 2014 at a bus stop a Maharram Hasanov approached the journalist and began to insult him. Then he lashed out at Hazy and began to beat him. In self-defense, Hazy hit the assailant with a bottle he had in his hand. Immediately the police came and detained Hazy and delivered him to the police department. Seymour Hazy is one of the leading columnists of the opposition newspaper Azadlig, as well as a leader of the Azerbaijani Hour program broadcast via satellite and Internet television, sharply criticizing the Azerbaijani authorities. -06D-
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One Indian citizen was killed, and another was injured in an incident at a company in the Absheron district. The General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan reported the incident on January 13.
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Weather in Baku will be changeable on Tuesday. Light precipitation in places during the day. Fog at night and in the morning. Wind is north-western, gusty. At night +2+6, in the afternoon +7+9. Humidity 70-80%.
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Azerbaijan’s National Hydrometeorology Service under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources has released the weather forecast for January 13, anticipating mild conditions across the country.
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On Sunday, 12 January the variable cloudiness, cloudy at times, mostly without precipitation is expected in Baku and Apsheron peninsula.
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