The number of local observers registered so far with the Central Election Commission in connection with the snap parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan has been made public. As reported by APA, this was stated at today’s meeting of the Central Election Commission by the Chairman of the Central Election Commission Mazahir Panakhov.
According to him, up to 7,100 observers have already been registered with the Central Election Commission.
The case of former director of Agdam Music College Rafail Musayev, who was given a suspended sentence for accepting a large bribe, is at the appeal stage, oxu.az reports. The prosecutor is unhappy with the fact that the director, who committed a serious crime by accepting bribes from teachers and students’ relatives, remains free. For this reason, the prosecution filed an appeal against the verdict.
According to the information, the 70-year-old former director, for whom arrest is required, is hiding from the court. Although the accused participated in several previous hearings, he later stopped appearing in court. In this regard, the Ganja Court of Appeal decided to forcibly suspend the investigation. R. Musayev has been put on the wanted list. It is assumed that the former director is hiding from the court due to the prosecutor’s demand for his arrest.
In Azerbaijan, heads of two websites have been arrested on charges of blackmail, Report informs citing the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The head of Turantv.az Ramin Sadigli and the founder and editor-in-chief of the Bolgeinfo website Vugar Guliyev have been brought to justice by the Main Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
According to the charges, these individuals demanded money from more than 10 citizens, threatening to disseminate information defamatory of them on their websites. The detainees have been charged under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code. The investigation is ongoing.
