On May 22 a trial in the case of activist of Facebook, a 19-year-old Omar Mamedov, accused of drug trafficking, continued in the Baku Serious Crimes Court by Eldar Mikailov.
According to lawyer Khalid Bagirov, a witness, a police officer did not come to the court. Mammadov rejected the accusation against him, and said the political motives of his persecution. The judge adjourned the meeting in the absence of co-counsel Alaifa Hasanov. The trial will continue on May 29.
* Omar Mamedov is the leader of the youth movement "Akhyn" ("Flow"), and member of the "Civil Solidarity." After his arrest, he returned to the NIDA Movement. Mammadov was active in social networks on the Internet, and, in particular, was one of the administrators of the page "Lists of AzTV" in Facebook ((https://www.facebook.com/pazaztv?fref=ts), where were the cartoons, collages, comments ridiculing vices authorities. –1606B--
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Forecasters of the National Centre for Hydrometeorology promise rain for the third day in a row in the capital and Apsheron, but it never rained.
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The Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan has decided to rearrange working days and days off during the New Year.
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