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Former Azerbaijani SSAC spokesman declared wanted

Posted March 12, 2016 By adminraf

Former spokesman for Azerbaijan’s State Students Admission Commission (SSAC) Elnur Naghizade has been declared wanted. Spokesman for the Prosecutor General’s Office Eldar Sultanov told APA that Elnur Naghizade has been sentenced to pre-trial detention as an accused person and declared wanted. Necessary investigation and search operations are underway to arrest him and bring to justice. It was […]

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Court dismisses Yunus’ appeal

Posted March 11, 2016 By adminraf

On 11 March 2016 the Baku Court of Appeal held a hearing on the appeal of Leyla and Arif Yunus. The court dismissed the appeal, lawyer Elchin Sadigov told APA. The lawyer said they will file a cassation appeal against the decision of the Baku Court of Appeal.   Leyla and Arif Yunus have appealed to […]

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A criminal case has been launched against Safar Imanov, the former head of the office of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs, who is accused of fraud, lawyer K. Nasibov told APA.  The Anti-Corruption Department under the Prosecutor General launched a criminal case on the fact under articles 178.3.2 (fraud on a large scale) and 308.2 (abuse […]

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Declared in international arrest warrant

Posted March 9, 2016 By adminraf

Azerbaijan’s law enforcement authorities have declared in international arrest warrant for a man who stabbed a police chief. Khayal Gahramanov, 30, is charged with hooliganism (Article 221.3). Khayal is a member of a group who stabbed police chief Anar Shikhaliyev of the 5th police department of the Binagadi district police office, APA has learned.   The group […]

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Baku’s Sabail district court decided on Wednesday to prolong till July the pretrial detention period for more than 20 persons arrested over the case of the recently liquidated Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan, APA reports. The period of pretrial investigation into the case of the National Security Ministry has already been extended until June […]

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Horrific murder disclosed

Posted March 8, 2016 By adminraf

In an urgent investigative operation, Goygol district police and prosecuting officers have disclosed a horrific act of murder committed about ten days ago. The persons guilty of committing the crime have been arrested. After receiving the information of a human body being buried in the forest near the Akharja village of Goygol district on March 2, […]

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Sentenced for arson of the mosque

Posted March 7, 2016 By adminraf

On 7 March 2016 Baku Court of Grave Crimes completed on Monday the trial on the case of Namig Nasibov and Elnur Alakbarov who are both accused of committing arson in a mosque in the Garachukhur settlement of Baku, haqqin.az reports. Under the court verdict, Elnur Alakbarov was sentenced to 15 years in jail and […]

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Nasimi District Court on Friday decided to prolong until July 3 the pretrial detention period for Nahid Gahramanov, who was detained over the recent events in the Nardaran township of Baku, lawyer Bakhtiyar Hajiyev told APA. Hajiyev said that no evidence was presented at the hearing. According to him, Gahramanov was detained two days after the […]

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Detained band of cyber criminals

Posted March 3, 2016 By adminraf

In course of special operation conducted by Azerbaijani Interior Ministry’s Main Department for Combating Organized Crime, Azerbaijani citizen Rufat Gudratli, Turkish citizen Mesut Uzunoz and Georgian citizen Babek Garibov have been detained on charges of cyber crimes. According to press-service of the ministry, investigation made it clear that they have created the fake website ucuzsepet.com upon the order […]

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Corruption disclosed in education

Posted March 3, 2016 By adminraf

According to the press-service of Prosecutor General’s Office, the material received by the Finance Ministry’s State Finance Control Service regarding illegal acts of officials of the Sumgayit branch of the Education Ministry’s Republican Sport Centre “Tehsil” has been investigated in the Anti-Corruption Department under the Prosecutor General, APA reports. The investigation revealed that some officials […]

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