Editor-in-chief of the site Jam.az Fikret Faramazoglu is detained. This information was disseminated by a number of local media quoting the wife of Faramazoglu. According to her, on June 30 in the afternoon three persons in civilian clothes came to their house and took a laptop by the journalist. They also told that he had been detained, but did not clarify the reasons for this. According to some reports, Faramazoglu is kept in the Main Department of the Ministry of Interior to fight organized crime. The attempts to get comments in the press service of the Interior Ministry and Prosecutor General's were futile.
Ten years go Faramazoglu was brought to justice. Then he, as the chief-editor-of the newspaper "24 Hours" was sentenced to a year imprisonment on the lawsuit by Interior Minister Ramil Usubov on protection of honor and dignity.
Website Jam.az does not differ by any particular political and ideological orientation. The content publishes sharp critical articles against officials of various ranks and representatives of business.-06D-
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An online meeting of civil society activists focused on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, convened on the initiative of the Justice Solidarity Committee, highlighted significant concerns over the detention of journalists, political activists, and opponents of the war. The gathering, held on August 30, coincided with the International Day of Remembrance of the Missing and underscored the ongoing challenges facing both Azerbaijani and Armenian societies in the wake of the Karabakh conflicts.
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No precipitation is expected in Baku and on the Absheron Peninsula; the northwestern wind will change to a southeastern wind during the day. Air temperatures will range from 21-26°C at night and 33-38°C during the day, according to the National Hydrometeorology Service of the Ministry of Ecology.
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A fire has erupted at the Experimental and Testing Production of the Scientific Research Institute of SOCAR (the state oil company) in the Surakhani district of Baku, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. "Thanks to the urgent and necessary measures taken by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the spread of the fire to neighboring areas, including nearby residential buildings, has been prevented," the statement reads. Efforts to extinguish the fire are still ongoing.
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In September, the average monthly air temperature in Azerbaijan is expected to be close to the climatic norm. Precipitation levels will also be near the norm, but in some areas, they will exceed it, according to the September forecast from the National Hydrometeorological Service.
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