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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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Variable cloudiness is expected in Baku and Apsheron peninsula on Sunday, 28 July.
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As part of the struggle against illegal migration in Baku city, operative actions were carried out at different addresses. The Interior Ministry reports that employees of the Department for Combating Illegal Migration identified and detained 34 foreigners without documents giving the right to reside and stay on the territory of Azerbaijan.
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On July 25, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense accused Armenia of "provoking" by deploying heavy weapons in Kalbajar and quadcopters in the Tovuz direction. The ministry also expressed dissatisfaction and concern over Armenia's military cooperation with Western countries.
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During the operation of the Main Drug Control Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 5 members of an organized group engaged in drug trafficking were detained. All of them have previous convictions: Bahlul Ismayilov, Royal Aliyev, Khayal Aliyev, Samir Aghayev, and Ali Mammadli.
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