Press Review 11/23/15

Official newspapers published the presidential decree on the approval of amendments to the law on mass media, as well as other official documents.

Azadlig continued to write about the "MNS case" and lots of jewels identified at the arrested chief of staff of the Ministry of Communications Vidadi Zeynalov.

Journalists who write about the "MNS case" have recently been under pressure from the General Prosecutor's Office. Experts believe that, in this way, the authorities are afraid of their exposure.

First Deputy MNS Madat Guliyev said that, in spite of criminal acts and arrest of employees, 99% of the employees of this department are "clean."

The newspaper wrote that the Russian intelligence services detected remittances from Azerbaijan to ISIS. President Putin in this regard created a special commission.

The newspaper wrote about the arrest of members of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party in Nakhchivan, and torture against them.

The Washington Post called on Aliyev to provide unconditional release of political prisoners.

The singer Gismat Mammadzadeh is denied access to air after he praised Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh in social networks.

The newspaper wrote about the medical expert Jeyhun Allahverdiyev, due to whose report Gunel Hasanli, the daughter of the head of the National Council Jamil Hasanli was arrested for a traffic accident she was not guilty of. This doctor also gave an expert opinion on the unsuitability of Jamil Hasanli for health on the eve of the presidential elections in 2013.

Yeni Musavat writes about the Azerbaijani businessman in Turkey, Mubariz Mansimov. Some of his activities are questionable and have been identified by the law enforcement agencies.

Experts believe that Azerbaijan cannot provide itself with any production due to the monopoly prevailing in the country.

In the case of the former head of Flag Square Rashad Mammadov, there are some changes. So, Zabeel Salmanov who gave evidence against him said that he was forced to do it by the MNS. –0--