Press Review 11/27/15

Official newspapers write about the participation of President Ilham Aliyev at the opening of XII session of the General Conference ISESCO, as well as publish a joint statement the Interior Ministry and Prosecutor General's Office on the events in Nardaran. Official media also publish the statement of the Caucasus Muslims Office, condemning the events in Nardaran.

Azadlig writes about the bloody police operation in Nardaran to arrest the theologian Thale Bagirzadeh. The head of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party Ali Kerimli called authorities to report about the "massacre" in Nardaran.

Azerbaijan abstained from voting for the UN resolution on the protection of human rights defenders.

The newspaper reports the arrest of Bakhtiyar Aliyev for the sale of psychotropic substances. The arrested person is a brother-in-law of the head of AZAL Jahanghir Askerov.

Express also writes about the Nardaran events and aggravation of the Russian-Turkish relations.

Echo writes on the topic of early marriage. The expert believes that the responsibility for this should lie with the clergy who ignore the laws.

Bizim Yol writes that the relatives of the people wounded during yesterday's events in Nardaran are not given a meeting with the victims.

The newspaper, with reference to the State Council for Support to NGOs reported that for violation of contracts, 89 NGOs were fined at 135,843 manats.

The country has a growing number of people, who are every day are at risk of losing property to be arrested due to bank loans.

Yeni Musavat

The paper considers the events in Nardaran as an operation against a group of radicals.

On October 19, 10 residents of Khachmaz, who fought in Syria, were arrested.