Press Review 13/08/14

Official newspapers write about Ilham Aliyev meeting with the Minister of Defense of Serbia.

The same newspapers publish the decree of the Head of State on the application of laws.

Azadlig

The head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the EU Azad Iskanderov criticized statements of this structure in connection with the arrests of representatives of civil society in Azerbaijan.

Official Baku panics due to the wave of criticism from the West because of the arrests of members of civil society.

Arrested on charges of drug possession, Murad Adilov, brother of the employee of the newspaper Azadlig, Natig Adilov, is kept in the Office for Combating Organized Crime.

Intention of the authorities to restore the activity of working groups for the release of political prisoners is regarded by experts as a desire to take control of the process of release of prisoners.

Amnesty International called for the immediate release of the head of a well-known NGO Intigam Aliyev and declared him a prisoner of conscience.

Bizim Yol

The Iranian embassy in Azerbaijan announces visa facilitation for businessmen of both countries.

Experts believe that the increase in homicide and suicide in Azerbaijan is due to the increase of poverty, injustice and lack of services in psychiatry.

Yeni Musavat predicts that repression in Azerbaijan will continue, explaining that official Baku wants to be insured before the European Games of 2015, as well as the parliamentary elections.