In the regions of Azerbaijan , local police departments put pressure on persons involved in the case of Anar Mammadov, the head of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies center (EMDSC.) Many of them sent to the courts missives on no claims against the defendants in this case. However , the police require them to participate in the trial, Turan was told by a source in the civil society in Azerbaijan.
* Mammadov, Executive Director of EMDSC Suleymanli Bashir, and the head of the Public Association for International Cooperation of Volunteers (PAICV) Elnur Mammadov, are charged under the Criminal Code 5 - tax evasion , illegal business, abuse of office , embezzlement on a large scale and official forgery.
A lawsuit was filed at the end of October 2013. On December 17 Mammadli was taken into custody, and two others are under house arrest.
Anar Mammadov has been recognized by Amnesty International as “prisoner of conscience.”
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It will be cloudy and rainy in Baku and Absheron on 14 February. Wind will be north-west, gusty. Air temperature at night +2+4, during the day + 5+7. Humidity 75-85%.
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At the "Julfa" customs post of the Nakhchivan customs, during an inspection of a truck from Iran that was transiting to Türkiye, 101.4 kg of methamphetamine was found in the fuel tank and heating system tank.
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This year, 22,000 foreign language teachers and an additional 4,000 teachers who were unable to pass certification last year will be involved in the certification process, the director of the state agency for preschool and general education, Eshgi Bagirov, announced on February 12. According to him, of the 65,000 teachers involved in the certification, 55,000 passed successfully and received salary supplements. At the same time, employment contracts were terminated with 5,000 teachers who did not pass the certification.
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