Press Review 12/05/15

Azadlyg: About 70 businessmen have been arrested for their debts to banks. This operation was carried out by employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime of MIA.

The National Council made a statement in connection with the arrested journalist Khadija Ismailova, accusing the authorities of revenge because of her investigations exposing corruption.

The German Bundestag introduced the issue of repression in Azerbaijan. The resolution notes that during the Aliyevs rule Azerbaijan did not have fair elections.

MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev criticized the harsh and radical policy of the authorities against the opposition.

A group of workers of the Imishli sugar factory sent an appeal to the Presidential Administration and warned that they would commit mass suicide because of illegal dismissals. The plant belongs to the entrepreneur Abdoulbari Gezal.

Taxi drivers are threatening to hold a protest, because the police forbid them to park at the metro station Neftchilar during the European Games.

Yeni Musavat writes that several people will be arrested along with the head of the State Flag Square Complex, Rashad Mammadov, who is the head of the company Azimport.

Official Baku perseveres in connection with the arrest of the human rights activist Leyla Yunus, despite her protection by international human rights organizations.

Experts commenting on the visit of the Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev to Azerbaijan believe that nothing good could come from this visit.

Experts warn that the devaluation of the manat will continue until the end of the year.

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