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Several persons have been detained on suspicion of murdering journalist Rasim Aliyev, law-enforcement bodies told APA. According to the information obtained by agency, the persons detained being suspected regarding the incident will be sentenced today to pretrial detention by the decision of the court. Football player Javid Huseynov’s cousin Elshan Ismayiolov is among the detainees as well. […]

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Drugs seized on Azerbaijan-Iran border

Posted August 7, 2015 By adminraf

Attempt of a group of people to cross Azerbaijani border illegally was prevented, APA reports with reference to statement of the Interior Ministry. As result of search operations carried out by the employees of the Southern District Office of Main Drug Enforcement Department and Goytapa Border Group of State Border Service (SBS), the attempt of […]

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Court hearings of the case of Leyla and Arif Yunus

Posted August 6, 2015 By adminraf

On 6 August 2015 Baku Court of Grave Crimes continued a hearing on the criminal case of Leyla Yunus, the imprisoned director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy, and his husband Arif Yunus, APA reports. The hearing presided over by judge Afgan Hajiyev, public prosecutor Farid Naghiyev addressed the court and said that the […]

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Posted July 31, 2015 By adminraf

Defense Ministry on arrest of servicemen

Posted July 29, 2015 By adminraf

Referring to the media reports on the employees of Main Military Inspection, we inform that upon the instruction of the Ministry of Defense, a relevant investigation was conducted regarding the serious violations that the Inspection’s employees committed in the course of military service and the collected materials were submitted to General Prosecutor’s Office of the […]

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Courts sessions on case of L. Yunus

Posted July 27, 2015 By adminraf

Baku Court of Grave Crimes continued a hearing on the criminal case of Leyla Yunus, the imprisoned director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy, and his husband Arif Yunus, APA reports on 27 July, 2015. In course of the session Rena Safaraliyeva, executive director of Transparency Azerbaijan, gave testimony at the hearing. She said […]

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The investigation of 25 criminal cases against 43 people who have committed acts of corruption in Armed Forces of Azerbaijan has been completed and submitted to the military courts for consideration. Military Prosecutor of Azerbaijan, Lieutenant-General of Justice Khanlar Valiyev made the remarks on Friday during the board meeting held at the Republican Military Prosecutor’s […]

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The Anti-Corruption Department under the Prosecutor General reviewed 5,150 appeals and investigated 95 materials of criminal character in the first half of 2015.  31.8% of the damage worth almost 95 mln manat was paid during the investigation reports APA with reference to the Deputy Prosecutor General – Chief of Anti-Corruption Department under Prosecutor General Kamran […]

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Court rejects Intigam Aliyev’s appeal

Posted July 21, 2015 By adminraf

On July 21, 2015 Baku Court of Appeal held a hearing on the appeal of Intigam Aliyev, the imprisoned chairman of Legal Enlightenment Society, APA reports. During the hearing the appeal filed by Intigam Aliyev against the court judgment was rejected.   Aliyev faces charges under the Criminal Code’s articles 213.1 (tax evasion), 308.2 (abuse […]

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Baku Court of Grave Crimes completed on 7 July, 2015 the hearing on the cases of Azerbaijani citizens – Sanan Bakhishov, Ruslan Jafarov, Eldost Guliyev, Mammadshah Mammadaliyev, Ahmad Hasanov and Maarif Mardanov. The court issued a verdict. According to the verdict, Eldost Guliyev and Mammadshah Mammadaliyev were sentenced to 13 years, and others 14 years in […]

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