Baku Court docket of Enchantment on 24 June thought-about an enchantment in opposition to the extension of pre-trial detention of journalist Nargiz Absalamova arrested within the “Abzas Media” case.
Lawyer Rovshana Rahimova instructed Turan that the court docket didn’t fulfill the enchantment, leaving in pressure the 11 June resolution of the Khatai court docket to increase the journalist’s arrest for 3 months.
The lawyer considers the court docket’s resolution unlawful and unreasonable.
* Since 20 November 2023, six journalists and media staff of “Abzas Media” have been arrested on expenses of “forex smuggling”. They denied the fees, linking the prison case to investigations into corruption printed in “Abzas Media”.
Worldwide media safety organisations referred to as on the Azerbaijani authorities to right away launch the detained journalists and to cease the stress on the media.
