Consideration of the cassation appeal of the spouses Leyla and Arif Yunus scheduled for November 2 at the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan, postponed indefinitely. According to the lawyer Elchin Sadigov, the reason is the presiding judge Ali Seyfaliev, who is on a business trip. The protection requested in the appeal to stop the prosecution of spouses. Leyla Yunus and Arif were arrested in the summer of 2014, and on August 13, 2015 they were sentenced to 8.5 and 7 years in prison, respectively. "Amnesty International" recognized them "prisoners of conscience".
On December 9, 2015 they were released conditionally on probation for five years. On April 19, after persistent appeals of international organizations they were released from Azerbaijan for treatment abroad.-05C06-
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Afiyaddin Mamedov, chairman of the trade union NGO “Workers’ Table Confederation,” has launched an indefinite hunger strike in prison to protest what he describes as worsening social conditions and the arrests of citizens in Azerbaijan, his family said on Friday.
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A fire erupted in a multi-story residential building in Khirdalan, Absheron district, prompting an immediate response from Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations (FHN), authorities said on Saturday.
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Azerbaijan's National Hydrometeorology Service has released the weather forecast for February 10, predicting mainly dry conditions across the country, with snowfall expected in some mountainous areas.
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The wife of political prisoner and Azerbaijani Popular Front Party (AXCP) activist Aqil Humbatov, Aygun Humbatova, has made an open appeal to President Ilham Aliyev via social media (Facebook), urging him to address her family's deteriorating living conditions. A mother of three, she highlighted the severe hardship her family faces in an interview with Turan.
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