Baku Khatai District Court today rejected a motion to change the arrest of youth activists Bayram Mammadov and Giyas Ibrahimov to house arrest, said the lawyer Elchin Sadigov. The young people are accused of drug trafficking. They deny the charge and say that they were arrested for the graffiti made on the monument to Heydar Aliyev. The lawyer described the refusal unjustified and the decision of the judge Bakhtiyar Mammadov will be appealed, and further the protection will apply to the European Court of Human Rights in connection with the illegal arrest and torture of activists. According to Sadigov, in protest against the non-investigation of cases of torture, Mammadov yesterday announced a hunger strike. He will protests also the statement of the Ombudsman aimed at concealing the fact of tortures.-03B06-
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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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