Press Review 05/14/15

Official newspapers write about Ilham Aliyev's participation in the opening of the park European Games in Baku.

Azadlyg writes about the ongoing arrests of businessmen, calling it a "hunt for the oligarchs."

The newspaper quotes the statement of the President of the European Parliament to demand the release of political prisoners before the European Games in Azerbaijan.

The National Council sues the metropolitan mayor's office, which arbitrarily sanctioned protest of the National Council on May 16 instead of 17 as planned.

At the same time the National Council refused to hold a rally on May 16 and appointed it on May 24.

For over 15 days PFPA activist Fuad Ahmadli has been contained in the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime MIA. Until now, he has not been allowed to see a lawyer.

The Popular Front Party refused an offer to take part in a meeting with representatives of the authorities, calling it a simulation.

The newspaper The Washington Post published an extensive article on how SOCAR paid for all expenses on the visit of 10 US congressmen and 32 employees of the United States Congress to Azerbaijan in 2013. The total cost amounted to 750 thousand dollars.

Express writes that during the European Games cars will be limited from entering the capital as much as possible.

Bizim Yol writes that for two days the businessman Nehramli Ibrahim has been detained. He, like other prisoner entrepreneurs is questioned.

The human rights activist Novella Jafaroglu reported that the Commission on Pardons has been presented a list of 15-16 political prisoners for pardon.

Yeni Musavat thinks that the visit to Baku of the head of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev had the goal to bring Azerbaijan closer to the Russian Federation on the eve of the Riga summit of EU Eastern Partnership.