Azerbaijan: Mekhman Aliev left in custody

March 14, 2025 22:55

• “Abzas Media” journalists achieve humanization of waiting conditions in court

  The journalists arrested in the case against the “Abzas Media” online publication resumed participation in the trial after a three-week break, since their demands regarding the conditions of transportation and detention in court were met.

March 14, 2025 22:48

• Tuapse resident sentenced to forced labour for fakes about Russian Army

  The court has sentenced Ilya Yuzhakov, a resident of the city of Tuapse, to three years of forced labour, finding him guilty of distributing fakes about the Russian Army. After the detention, law enforcers had forced Yuzhakov to record a video with “repentance".

March 14, 2025 20:40

• ECtHR recognizes violation of media employees’ rights by Azerbaijan

  The European Court of Human Rights has found that the rights of Faig Amirov, the former financial director of the “Azadlig” opposition newspaper, and Aytadj Tapdyg, a “Meydan TV” journalist, have been violated. The European Court has obliged the authorities of Azerbaijan to pay the journalists 14,500 euros in compensation.

March 13, 2025 23:57

• Defence denied of investigation into torture of Dagestani native Magomedov

  Investigators refused to institute a criminal case against law enforcers for the torture of Dagestani native Magomed Magomedov.

March 13, 2025 23:15

• Kabardino-Balkarian resident sentenced to suspended imprisonment for post on social media about SMO

  The law enforcement bodies considered that a resident of Nalchik was distributing on a social networking service the calls for extremist activities in connection with the special military operation (SMO).