On May 6 the lawyer Elchin Sadigov presented an appeal to the Azerbaijani Supreme Court against the decision of the Baku Court of Appeal on the case of the head of the Center for Monitoring Elections and Democracy Training (CMEDT) Anar Mammadli and two other activists, Bashir Suleymanli and Elnur Mammadov.
The complaint stems from the fact that the Court of Appeals upheld the conviction against the activists, said the lawyer Elchin Sadigov.
The defense believes that the charges against the activists had been falsified for political reasons, and the courts of first instance and appeal failed to conduct a fair hearing. The appeal requests to cancel the decisions of the lower courts and to stop criminal proceedings against the activists.
* On the verdict of the Baku Court of Grave Crimes on 26 May 2014 Anar Mammadli was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison, and the executive secretary of the NGO Bashir Suleymanli - to 3.5 years (Suleymanli was released by the presidential pardon on 18 March). The head of the Public Association for International Cooperation Volunteers Elnur Mammadov was sentenced conditionally for the same period. They were found guilty of tax evasion, illegal entrepreneurship, misappropriation and others. Anar Mammadli was declared «prisoner of conscience" by Amnesty International. At the end of September 2014, he was awarded the premium of Vaclav Havel. -06B-
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On December 25, an Embraer 190 passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC (AZAL), on a Baku–Grozny flight, crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. Azerbaijan’s Consul General in Aktau, Ayxan Suleymanlı, stated that the plane had 67 people onboard, including crew members, 38 of whom died. According to him, 26 of the deceased were Azerbaijani citizens.
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On December 27th, rain is expected in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, and heavy rainfall in some areas. The wind will be southeast. The air temperature at night will be +7 to +9°C, and during the day, it will be +9 to +11°C. Humidity will be 70-80%. Precipitation is expected across the country in the evening, particularly in the eastern regions. Snow is expected in the mountains.
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Embraer 190 plane of Azerbaijani airline AZAL crashed near the city of Aktau early in the morning on December 25.
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Embraer 190 plane of Azerbaijani airline AZAL crashed near the city of Aktau early in the morning on December 25.
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