Institute for Reporters Freedom and Safety (IRFS) regarded the verdict on against Facebook activist, Omar Mammadov, as an indicator of absence of Internet freedom in Azerbaijan. Mammadov was arrested on January 24, 2014 on charges of illegal drug possession and trafficking. The statement of the IRFS refers to the statement of the President Ilham Aliyev on June 24 at the PACE session in Strasbourg that the Internet in Azerbaijan is free.
However, despite the measures by the Azerbaijani government on accelerating the development of ICT, on-line activists and bloggers are persecuted for criticizing the authorities and the publication of corruption. Currently, six bloggers and on-line activists are in prison on trumped up charges of drug possession and disorderly conduct. Mammadov's arrest, the statement noted, is an intimidation of others who criticize the government.
The IRFS called for the release of 10 journalists and six bloggers, and provide conditions for the normal functioning of journalists and bloggers. -05D06-
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Namizad Safarov, a candidate for deputy in Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis, has criticized the Central Election Commission (CEC) for its unpreparedness in holding democratic elections. Safarov, running from the First Nariman electoral district and serving as the self-nominated coordinator of the Committee against Repression and Torture, voiced his concerns to Turan after successfully collecting signatures from his supporters.
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The military prosecutor's office is investigating the suicide of Gahraman Arshadç a soldier of one of the military units stationed in the Kalbajar region. According to the prosecutor's office, criminologists examined the scene and the corpse, seized physical evidence and took statements. In fact, the military prosecutor's office opened a criminal case under the relevant Article of the Criminal Code, questioned witnesses, appointed examinations, the message says. The report does not say what kind of weapon the soldier shot himself with or when it happened.
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On 30 July no precipitation is expected in the capital. Wind is south-western. Air temperature during the day will be +28+32. Humidity during the day will be within 65-75 %.
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Employees of the 13th Police Department of Sabunchu district of Baku have detained a telephone fraudster, resident of the capital Sergey Karnaukhov, born in 1978.
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