A new heavier charge against Afgan Mukhtarli

 A new charge against the arrested was brought against a journalist Afgan Mukhtarli - violence against a representative of the authorities (Article 315.2 of the Criminal Code), his . lawyer Elchin Sadigov wrote on his Facebook page.

Jurnalist Xədicə İsmayılova 7.5 il müddətinə həbs edildi (video)

Azerbaijan journalist Khadija's Ismayilova
 mother Elmira Ismatilova  talks to the media outside
Baku court  after the hearing.
 September 1, 2015Photo: Aziz Karimov

Bu gün Bakı Ağır Cinayətlər Məhkəməsi məşhur araşdırmaçı-jurnalist Xədicə İsmayılovanı 7,5 il müddətinə azadlıqdan məhrum edib.

Khadija Ismayil Final Words (Full text) - 31.08.2015

Photo: Aziz Karimov

Dear court attendants, the court committee, which has turned into the observers of this hearing, and those who have taken the seats of the people who are genuinely interested in attending the hearing:
I am not sure what your intention is in holding this express court, but I think the repression machine is about to collapse. Surely, we can see this as a result of the collapse in the oil market, but there are other reasons as well. One of these reasons is us!

In Baku Journalist Dies After Severe Beating (photo-video)

Photo: Mahammad Turkman.

On Saturday, there was an attack on the journalist Rasim Aliyev and he was severely beaten. The reporter got multiple rib fractures and lost the hearing in his left ear. The reason for the attack on the journalist was the criticism he addressed on Facebook to the player of the soccer team Gabala Javid Huseynov.