Day: December 8, 2024

The journalists were remanded in custody for 4 months while the investigation continues.

On 8 December, a trial was held in the Khatai District Court of Baku on a criminal case filed against Meydan TV employees.

As a result, the court remanded the journalists in custody for 4 months while the investigation continues.

On 6 December, Meydan TV employees Ramin Deko (Jabrailzade), Aynur Elgunesh (Ganbarova), Aysel Umudova, Aytaj Tapdig (Ahmadova), Khayala Agayeva, and Natig Javadli were detained on suspicion of “smuggling.”

A crime was filed against the journalists under Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code (smuggling committed by a group of persons in prior collusion).

The homes of most of the detained journalists were searched, and their equipment and personal belongings were seized.

The court also sentenced another detainee, civil society member and media worker Ulvi Tahirov, who was not a Meydan TV employee but was detained on the same day as them, to 4 months in pretrial detention.

Meydan TV management issued a statement, noting that the charges made by the police are unfounded and that the detention of the journalists is illegal and is also a repression against independent media.

Since November 2023, dozens of journalists have been arrested in Azerbaijan on charges of “smuggling.”

Local and international human rights organizations consider the charges trumped up and call for the journalists’ immediate release.

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The journalists were remanded in custody for 4 months while the investigation continues.

On 8 December, a trial was held in the Khatai District Court of Baku on a criminal case filed against Meydan TV employees.

As a result, the court remanded the journalists in custody for 4 months while the investigation continues.

On 6 December, Meydan TV employees Ramin Deko (Jabrailzade), Aynur Elgunesh (Ganbarova), Aysel Umudova, Aytaj Tapdig (Ahmadova), Khayala Agayeva, and Natig Javadli were detained on suspicion of “smuggling.”

A crime was filed against the journalists under Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code (smuggling committed by a group of persons in prior collusion).

The homes of most of the detained journalists were searched, and their equipment and personal belongings were seized.

The court also sentenced another detainee, civil society member and media worker Ulvi Tahirov, who was not a Meydan TV employee but was detained on the same day as them, to 4 months in pretrial detention.

Meydan TV management issued a statement, noting that the charges made by the police are unfounded and that the detention of the journalists is illegal and is also a repression against independent media.

Since November 2023, dozens of journalists have been arrested in Azerbaijan on charges of “smuggling.”

Local and international human rights organizations consider the charges trumped up and call for the journalists’ immediate release.

The post Meydan TV employees remanded for 4 months appeared first on MEYDAN.TV.

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4. Tbilisi Clashes Escalate as Georgia Faces Backlash Over EU Talks  Newsweek
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6. In Georgia, anger spreads beyond the capital: ‘We’ve never seen such a treacherous government!’  Le Monde
7. Why are thousands of Georgians protesting day after day?  DW (English)
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4. Thousands rally in Georgia’s 12th day of pro-EU protests  Al Jazeera English
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2. Why are thousands of Georgians protesting day after day?  DW (English)
3. Opinion | The Georgia Protests Are Fueled by Fury  The New York Times
4. Video shows journalist getting beaten by Georgian police while covering protests  CNN
5. Four Scenarios for the Protests in Georgia  Foreign Policy
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The journalists were remanded in custody for 4 months while the investigation continues.

On 8 December, a trial was held in the Khatai District Court of Baku on a criminal case filed against Meydan TV employees.

As a result, the court remanded the journalists in custody for 4 months while the investigation continues.

On 6 December, Meydan TV employees Ramin Deko (Jabrailzade), Aynur Elgunesh (Ganbarova), Aysel Umudova, Aytaj Tapdig (Ahmadova), Khayala Agayeva, and Natig Javadli were detained on suspicion of “smuggling.”

A crime was filed against the journalists under Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code (smuggling committed by a group of persons in prior collusion).

The homes of most of the detained journalists were searched, and their equipment and personal belongings were seized.

The court also sentenced another detainee, civil society member and media worker Ulvi Tahirov, who was not a Meydan TV employee but was detained on the same day as them, to 4 months in pretrial detention.

Meydan TV management issued a statement, noting that the charges made by the police are unfounded and that the detention of the journalists is illegal and is also a repression against independent media.

Since November 2023, dozens of journalists have been arrested in Azerbaijan on charges of “smuggling.”

Local and international human rights organizations consider the charges trumped up and call for the journalists’ immediate release.

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