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    On 16 March 2017 Shirvan Court of Appeal rejected a complaint on arrest of S. Babayev, a shiite theologian from Massalli, haqqin.az reports. S. Babayev was arrested on 22 February 2017 on accusation in violation of the rules of religious propaganda, rituals and ceremonies. Wherein there were arrested a few his supporters, including […]

According to APA that cited a lawyer Y. Imanov, there has been arrested E. Isgenderov, a founder of “Muslim unity” movement. He was arrested the last night. Reasons of his arrest and place his detention are unknown. APA notes that a chairman of “Muslim unity” movement T. Bagirov has imprisoned for 20 years

  On 10 March 2017 several persons shown armed resistance were eliminated as a result of a special operation carried out by the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, the press service of the State Security Service told APA. The State Security Service of Azerbaijan received the information that a group of persons smuggled firearms, ammunition and […]

  Azerbaijan has detained three people for attempting to smuggle large quantities of dollars and gold bullions to Turkey. The State Customs Committee and the State Security Service said in a joint statement that they detained three persons in a joint operation on 8 March 2017, APA reports. The detainees – Azerbaijani citizens Elvin Yusubov, Rashad Nasibov, and Kamran Ahmadov, […]

Azerbaijan’s border guards detained 37 trespassers in February 2017, the State Border Service told APA. Of them, 11 are citizens of Nigeria, 10 – Azerbaijan, 5 – Uzbekistan, 3 – Iran, 2 – Moldova, 2 – Ghana and one citizen from each country such as the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Georgia and Turkmenistan. Some 624 people were detained in […]

  It has completed an investigation on criminal case, instituted in respect of A. Insanov, a former minister of health of Azerbaijan, haqqin.az citing Trend and T. Babayev, a lawyer of a former minister. The lawyer noted that investigation completed and the case transmitted to a court to be familiarized. “Now we are familiarizing with […]

  In Azerbaijan in 2016 with employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Customs Committee, Service of State Security, State Border Service and Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice were seized from illegal trafficking more than 2 tons and 150 kg of various kinds of drug substances including it were destroyed 21,532 bushes […]

“In Azerbaijan each of 7 arrested person is accused under Article 234 of the Criminal Code (illegal drugs purchasing)”. According to APA, this was stated by Shahin Yusifov, a chairman of the Supreme Court collegiums, in the meeting of Judges Union Associations. “One of the serious problems connected under Articles 234.1 of the Criminal Code. […]

As 1news reports, the Surakhany District Court of Baku completed examination of the case of blogger Mehman Huseynov charged in slander. Court, chaired by Judge Jeyhun Gadimov, found M. Huseynov as guilty under Article 147.2. (The slander, is distribution of obviously false information which discredit honor and dignity of any person or undermining his reputation […]

  Nine extremists have been killed and four more arrested in Azerbaijan over the past six months, said Suad Mahmudov, an official of the country’s State Security Service.   He made the remarks addressing a conference on the theme “The role of youth in the fight against terrorism, extremism and radicalism,” held in Baku March […]