Baku Appeals Court today upheld a decision urging the newspaper "Azadlig" to pay the chief of Baku Metro Tagi Akhmedov a fine of 30,000 AZN. Such a decision previously adopted the Yasamal district court by allowing the claim of Akhmedov against the opposition newspaper.
According to the Media Rights Institute, an appeals court passed a ruling without considering a protest of the newspaper and its arguments. The paper intends to file an appeal to the Supreme Court. The lawsuit was filed in connection with the article entitled "Tagi Akhmedov appropriates five kopecks-coins" published in one of the June issues of the newspaper. The article claimed that when the fare in metro was 15 kopecks, balances on payment cards $5 kopecks for each coin 20 kopecks subsequently later were appropriated by the leadership of the metro. Ahmedov demanded the newspaper to pay compensation for moral damage amounting 200,000 AZN.—16D-
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An online meeting of civil society activists focused on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, convened on the initiative of the Justice Solidarity Committee, highlighted significant concerns over the detention of journalists, political activists, and opponents of the war. The gathering, held on August 30, coincided with the International Day of Remembrance of the Missing and underscored the ongoing challenges facing both Azerbaijani and Armenian societies in the wake of the Karabakh conflicts.
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No precipitation is expected in Baku and on the Absheron Peninsula; the northwestern wind will change to a southeastern wind during the day. Air temperatures will range from 21-26°C at night and 33-38°C during the day, according to the National Hydrometeorology Service of the Ministry of Ecology.
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A fire has erupted at the Experimental and Testing Production of the Scientific Research Institute of SOCAR (the state oil company) in the Surakhani district of Baku, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. "Thanks to the urgent and necessary measures taken by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the spread of the fire to neighboring areas, including nearby residential buildings, has been prevented," the statement reads. Efforts to extinguish the fire are still ongoing.
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In September, the average monthly air temperature in Azerbaijan is expected to be close to the climatic norm. Precipitation levels will also be near the norm, but in some areas, they will exceed it, according to the September forecast from the National Hydrometeorological Service.
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