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Prisoners of the US Guantanamo Bay detention camp, which has gone on hunger-strike few months ago in sign of protest against uncertainty of time and condition of their custody, has lodged a claim in the Federal court against their forced feeding by the detention camp’s officers. They believe that these actions violate their rights and […]

On June 4, 2013 the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a law on the amendments to the Criminal Code, which extend criminal penalties for the article 147 (libel) and article 148 (insult) which are touched information distributed by the Internet. For the libel on Internet, the sanctions are fine of from 100 to 500 […]

On June 4, 2013 the Nasimi District Court of Baku chose measure – arrest for a period of 2 months in respect of a well-known lawyer Gurban Mammadov, who is accused under Article 263.1 (violation of traffic rules and operation of vehicles negligently causing bodily harm of the victim) of the Criminal Code. Turan was […]

As reported earlier, a former parliamentarian of the Milli Mejlis, a head of the public association “Oğuz Eli” Huseyn Abdullayev made a video clip, which covers of protest news and clashes opposition with police. June 4, 2013 Huseyn Abdullayev made special statement in which he outlined the reasons for his move to the opposition: “I […]

President Ilham Aliyev once again appointed Vugar Safarli executive director of the state support fund of the media under the Azerbaijani President. The head of the state also formed the composition of the Supervisory Board of the Fund. From government appointed chief of department on work with the bodies of Press and Information Department of […]

A large group of the lawyers of Azerbaijan issued a statement expressing their indignation with physical pressure on the well-known lawyer, Aslan Ismaylov in the Main Department to Combat Organized Crime (MDCOC) of the Interior Ministry. “The reaction of state to violence against those who protect the rights of people should be tough,” reads the […]

June 10, 2013 Co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of PACE Pedro Agramunt and Joseph Debono Grech will visit Baku – APA reports quoting of D. Grech. In frame of the four-day visit co-rapporteurs will hold a series of meetings with Azerbaijani officials and representatives of civil society. The purpose of this visit is to monitor […]

According to jam.az, it is begun a campaign of the mass deportation of Azerbaijanis from Russia. The site informs that official Moscow has appointed the deadline to depart of our compatriots from Russia. Thus, one Azerbaijanis who came from Moscow said that the authorities gave them deadline till 10 June. Otherwise, they will be deported. […]

Press Service of the Interior Ministry denied the statement of the lawyer Aslan Ismaylov that on May 30 he was beaten in the Main Office to Combat Organized Crime (MOCOC) of the Interior Ministry. The employee of the press service of the Ministry, Orkhan Mansurzade said that Ismaylov’s statement was not true. According to him, […]