Faig Amirli. Photo: RFE/RL

26 May 2020, 11:35

Faig Amirli re-arrested for 15 days

Faig Amirli, an assistant to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been arrested for 15 days. This is his second administrative arrest within the past six weeks.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Faig Amirli, an assistant to the PFPA head, was detained on April 8, and on the following day, the court sentenced him to 30 days of administrative arrest on charges of violating the quarantine regime.

Faig Amirli, who is also the financial director of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, was detained on May 25 in the city of Sabirabad, and on the same day, he was sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest on charges of petty hooliganism, his wife Lala Amirli told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

She has recalled that Faig Amirli was arrested for the second time within the six weeks.

Gezyal Bairamly, the PFPA Deputy Chair, has treated the Amirli's new arrest as a continuation of the "unprecedented repressive campaign against the PFPA."

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on May 26, 2020 at 05:05 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Faik Medzhid Source: CK correspondent

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

December 26, 2024 23:53

  • Khamzat Kadyrov confirms drone attack on Chechnya

    Secretary of the Chechen Security Council Khamzat Kadyrov has posted on a social networking service a video of the destruction of a drone. The Chechen official has also added that all the drones launched today to attack the republic had been shot down.

December 26, 2024 23:24

  • Analysts dispute about aims of polygamy fatwa

    The withdrawal of the fatwa on polygamy does not cancel the fact that it is enshrined in the Koran; while its main purpose is to clarify the procedure and responsibility for concluding a religious marriage, a representative of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) and an Islamic scholar believe.

December 26, 2024 21:47

December 26, 2024 20:51

  • Defence asks to overturn sentence of lawyer Fedorenko

    The actions of Natalia Fedorenko, a lawyer, contained no violation of privacy of private life, her defence has stated. The Commission for the Protection of Lawyers' Professional Rights of the Bar Association of Krasnodar Territory has concluded that Fedorenko is being prosecuted for performing her professional duties.

December 25, 2024 23:04

News archive