The financial director of the newspaper Azadlig Faig Amirov has health problems, his lawyer Aghil Lahijov, who visited his client on 29 September, told Turan.
The lawyer said Amirov refused to testify. "The investigation accused Amirov of illegal religious activity. However, the investigator questioned him on a completely different subject - financial sources of the newspaper. That is, the investigations do not correspond to the essence of the charges, so he refused to testify,” said the lawyer.
Faig Amirov was arrested on August 20 and two days later the Nasimi court arrested him for 3 months under the Criminal Code: 168.1 (attack on the rights of citizens under the pretext of performing religious rites), 282.2.2 (incitement of national, racial, social discord and religious hatred). The investigation declared Amirov the Imam of the movement Khizmat led by Fethullah Gulen.
PFPA believes the arrest of Amirov is a political order. The party said that the authorities thus try to strangle the leading opposition newspaper Azadlig and discredit the PFPA. -16D04-
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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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