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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Well-known Azerbaijani lawyer Aslan Ismayilov has issued a public appeal to Inam Karimov, Chairman of the Supreme Court and the Judicial-Legal Council, calling for urgent reforms in the country's judicial system. Ismayilov warned that systemic corruption and procedural violations within the courts are fueling public discontent and could lead to further unrest.
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During search and operational activities, on January 30 at 11:20, 16.4 kg of drugs were discovered and seized in the area of the "Geytapa" border post, located on the Iran-Azerbaijan border. According to the Azerbaijan Border Service, this prevented an attempt to smuggle into Azerbaijan 11.3 kg of marijuana, 5.1 kg of opium, and 1,990 methadone M-40 pills from Iran.
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Cold, windy weather is expected on 5 February, forecasters said. Northwestern winds of up to 20 metres per second will blow in the capital and across much of the country.
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Filming within a polling station without the citizen's consent may be stopped. According to local media reports, this issue was discussed by Mazahir Panahov, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC), on February 1.
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