The Court of Appeal dismisses the appeal of T.Bagirzade

  On 18 March the  Baku Court of Appeal  chaired by judge Jamal Ramazanov  considered  the complaint  of Taleh Bagirzade, the leader of the  "Muslim unity" Movement on the extension of detention  term for another three months. The court dismissed the complaint, the lawyer Elchin Sadigov Bagirzade.

According to the lawyer, on March 18 also  took place the  confrotation of  Bagirzade with the witness. "Due to the fact that there were no conditions for giving free  testimony by the witness, and in connection with the previous facts of pressure on witnesses Taleh Bagirzade refused confrontation," the lawyer Sadigov  wrote on his Facebook  page.  Sadigov also noted the continued violation of the rights of Bagirzade in jail, in particular, not providing  an opportunity to  use the right for telephone calls.

* Bagirzade together with a group of believers was detained during a special operation in the village of Nardaran on November 26, 2015, and was detained for four months. On March 7 arrest term was extended for another three months. Bagirzade is charged under 15 Articles of the Criminal Code, including an attempt to violent change of the constitutional system. Total  of 68 people  have been arrested in the case.-16B06-