Court of Appeal upholds Anar Mammadov in custody

Baku Court of Appeal  considered the  complaint  of the head of the Election Monitoring and Democratic Studies Center (EMDS), Anar Mammadov, on his arrest for three months. The Court of Appeal dismissed the complaint  of Mammadov, and  upheld the decision of the trial court.

The court explained its decision by saying that Mammadovi "may impede the investigation,  and  hide from it," said defendant's lawyer, Rashid Hajili. Protection considers these arguments untenable. A petition to change the measure of restraint on house arrest was submitted to court. 

* In late October,  General Prosecutors  filed  a lawsuit against the EMDS on charges of tax evasion, abuse of authority, illegal entrepreneurship. On 16 December Mammadov was arrested on these charges.

Mammadov has denied the charges, and said the  lawsuit against him  is politically motivated due to  monitoring and evaluation  by  his organization presidential elections  on October 9. —16D06-

 

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